• DOI:10.1111/J.1574-6968.2000.TB09163.X
Corpus ID: 5416417

An AraC-like transcriptional activator is required for induction of genes needed for alpha-galactoside utilization in Sinorhizobium meliloti.

@article{Bringhurst2000AnAT,
  title={An AraC-like transcriptional activator is required for induction of genes needed for alpha-galactoside utilization in Sinorhizobium meliloti.},
  author={R. M. Bringhurst and D. Gage},
  journal={FEMS microbiology letters},
  year={2000},
  volume={188 1},
  pages={
          23-7
        }
}

R. M. Bringhurst, D. Gage

Published 2000

Biology, Medicine

FEMS microbiology letters

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The nodulating bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti can utilize alpha-galactosides like melibiose and raffinose as sole sources of carbon and energy. We show that this utilization requires an AraC-like transcriptional activator, AgpT. When agpT was inactivated, Rhizobium meliloti could not utilize alpha-galactosides or induce genes required for transport and catabolism of these sugars. The agpT gene was not essential for the establishment of an effective nitrogen-fixing symbiosis.