(ADP-ribosyl) hydrolases: structure, function, and biology

JGM Rack, L Palazzo, I Ahel - Genes & development, 2020 - genesdev.cshlp.org
ADP-ribosylation is an intricate and versatile posttranslational modification involved in the
regulation of a vast variety of cellular processes in all kingdoms of life. Its complexity derives …

Manipulating nitrogen regulation in diazotrophic bacteria for agronomic benefit

M Bueno Batista, R Dixon - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2019 - portlandpress.com
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is controlled by intricate regulatory mechanisms to ensure
that fixed nitrogen is readily assimilated into biomass and not released to the environment …

Engineering posttranslational regulation of glutamine synthetase for controllable ammonia production in the plant symbiont Azospirillum brasilense

T Schnabel, E Sattely - Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nitrogen requirements for modern agriculture far exceed the levels of bioavailable nitrogen
in most arable soils. As a result, the addition of nitrogen fertilizer is necessary to sustain …

Cell-Free Fermentation Broth of Bacillus velezensis Strain S3-1 Improves Pak Choi Nutritional Quality and Changes the Bacterial Community Structure of the …

K Lu, Q Jin, Y Lin, W Lu, S Li, C Zhou, J Jin… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bacillus velezensis is a plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) that has long been
proven to improve the growth of plants, and it has been widely used in agriculture. However …

[HTML][HTML] The diazotrophic bacteria Azospirillum baldaniorum and A. brasilense improve wheat seedlings' nitrogen budget through ammonia scavenging

T Dias, K Azmaliyev, J Melo, AM Santos, P Correia… - Applied Soil …, 2024 - Elsevier
Besides N 2 fixation, we consider that other diazotrophic traits can be explored to increase
plants' nitrogen (N) budget. Here, we report initial results of the capacity of the diazotrophic …

Synthesis of nitrogenase by Paenibacillus sabinae T27 in presence of high levels of ammonia during anaerobic fermentation

Q Li, X He, P Liu, H Zhang, M Wang, S Chen - Applied Microbiology and …, 2021 - Springer
Biological nitrogen fixation is usually inhibited by fixed nitrogen. Paenibacillus sabinae T27,
a Gram-positive, spore-forming diazotroph, possesses high nitrogenase activity and has 3 …

Beneficial Effects of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria for Agriculture of the Future

S Vats, P Srivastava, S Saxena, B Mudgil… - Soil Nitrogen Ecology, 2021 - Springer
Nitrogen is one of the essential macronutrients (among N, P, and K) for plant growth, and
constitutes one of the most abundant elements in surface/crust and earth's atmosphere, but …

Regulation of Herbaspirillum seropedicae NifA by the GlnK PII signal transduction protein is mediated by effectors binding to allosteric sites

AA Stefanello, MAS de Oliveira, EM Souza… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
Herbaspirillum seropedicae is a plant growth promoting bacterium that is able to fix nitrogen
and to colonize the surface and internal tissues of important crops. Nitrogen fixation in H …

Construction, Characterization, and Application of an Ammonium Transporter (AmtB) Deletion Mutant of the Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Kosakonia radicincitans GXGL …

YQ Bao, MT Zhang, BY Feng, W Jieensi, Y Xu… - Current …, 2023 - Springer
Nitrogen is an important factor affecting crop yield, but excessive use of chemical nitrogen
fertilizer has caused decline in nitrogen utilization and soil and water pollution. Reducing the …

BioStruct-Africa: empowering Africa-based scientists through structural biology knowledge transfer and mentoring–recent advances and future perspectives

E Nji, DAK Traore, M Ndi, CA Joko… - Synchrotron …, 2019 - journals.iucr.org
Being able to visualize biology at the molecular level is essential for our understanding of
the world. A structural biology approach reveals the molecular basis of disease processes …