CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID AND CELLULOSE SYNTHESIS IN AGROBACTERIUM-TUMEFACIENS
CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID AND CELLULOSE SYNTHESIS IN AGROBACTERIUM-TUMEFACIENS
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DOI:
10.1128/jb.171.12.6649-6655.1989
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发表时间:
1989-12-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
BENZIMAN, M
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作者:
AMIKAM, D;BENZIMAN, M
The occurrence of the novel regulatory nucleotide bis(3'',5'')-cyclic diguanylic acid (c-di-GMP) and its relation to cellulose biogenesis in the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens was studied. c-di-GMP was detected in acid extract of 32P-labeled cells grown in various media, and an enzyme responsible for its formation from GTP was found to be present in cell-free preparations. Cellulose synthesis in vivo was quantitatively assessed with [14C]glucose as a tracer. The organism produced cellulose during growth in the absence of plant cells, and this capacity was retained in resting cells. Synthesis of a cellulosic product from UDP-glucose in vitro with membrane preparations was markedly stimulated by c-di-GMP and its precursor GTP and was further enhanced by Ca2+. The calcium effect was attributed to inhibition of a c-di-GMP-degrading enzyme shown to be present in the cellulose synthase-containing membranes.