Staying in touch: mechanical signals in plant–microbe interactions

D Jayaraman, S Gilroy, JM Ané - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Plants are subjected to mechanical perturbations in their environment including
those applied by microbes.•Plants perceive and respond to mechanical stimuli from …

Characterization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa glycoside hydrolase PslG reveals that its levels are critical for Psl polysaccharide biosynthesis and biofilm formation

P Baker, GB Whitfield, PJ Hill, DJ Little… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
A key component of colonization, biofilm formation, and protection of the opportunistic
human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the biosynthesis of the exopolysaccharide …

Sinorhizobium meliloti succinylated high‐molecular‐weight succinoglycan and the Medicago truncatula LysM receptor‐like kinase MtLYK10 participate …

F Maillet, J Fournier, HC Mendis, M Tadege… - The Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The formation of nitrogen‐fixing nodules on legume hosts is a finely tuned process involving
many components of both symbiotic partners. Production of the exopolysaccharide …

Cryogenian origin and subsequent diversification of the plant cell-wall enzyme XTH family

N Shinohara, K Nishitani - Plant and Cell Physiology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
All land plants encode large multigene families of xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/
hydrolases (XTHs), plant-specific enzymes that cleave and reconnect plant cell-wall …

Function of succinoglycan polysaccharide in Sinorhizobium meliloti host plant invasion depends on succinylation, not molecular weight

HC Mendis, TF Madzima, C Queiroux, KM Jones - MBio, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
The acidic polysaccharide succinoglycan produced by the rhizobial symbiont Sinorhizobium
meliloti 1021 is required for this bacterium to invade the host plant Medicago truncatula and …

Structures of exopolysaccharides involved in receptor-mediated perception of Mesorhizobium loti by Lotus japonicus

A Muszyński, C Heiss, CT Hjuler, JT Sullivan… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
In the symbiosis formed between Mesorhizobium loti strain R7A and Lotus japonicus Gifu,
rhizobial exopolysaccharide (EPS) plays an important role in infection thread formation …

Role of exopolysaccharide in salt stress resistance and cell motility of Mesorhizobium alhagi CCNWXJ12–2T

X Liu, Y Luo, Z Li, J Wang, G Wei - Applied microbiology and …, 2017 - Springer
Mesorhizobium alhagi, a legume-symbiont soil bacterium that forms nodules with the desert
plant Alhagi sparsifolia, can produce large amounts of exopolysaccharide (EPS) using …

Sinorhizobium medicae WSM419 Genes That Improve Symbiosis between Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021 and Medicago truncatula Jemalong A17 and in Other …

P Ghosh, KN Adolphsen, SN Yurgel… - Applied and …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Some soil bacteria, called rhizobia, can interact symbiotically with legumes, in which they
form nodules on the plant roots, where they can reduce atmospheric dinitrogen to ammonia …

Definition of the acceptor substrate binding specificity in plant xyloglucan endotransglycosylases using computational chemistry

B Stratilová, E Stratilová, M Hrmova… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Xyloglucan endotransglycosylases (XETs) play key roles in the remodelling and
reconstruction of plant cell walls. These enzymes catalyse homo-transglycosylation …

An innovative approach for the biotechnological production of succinoglycan from rice husks

GB Pedroso, LO Silva, RB Araujo, LF Saldanha… - Industrial Crops and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Rice husk (RH) was submitted to ozonation followed by pressurized acid hydrolysis with the
aim of reducing the lignocellulosic recalcitrance and freeing the fermentable …