Similarity between the Rhizobium meliloti fliP gene and pathogenicity-associated genes from animal and plant pathogens

Gene. 1995 Jan 11;152(1):65-7. doi: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)00643-7.

Abstract

The nucleotide sequence of the Rhizobium meliloti (Rm) fliP gene was determined. Rm strains carrying insertions within this gene were non-motile, lacked flagella and formed normal N2-fixing root nodules on alfalfa. The FliP protein showed similarity to several bacterial gene products involved in pathogenicity in both plant and animal pathogens. It is likely that all of these proteins share a common functional role in the secretion of specific proteins from bacterial cells.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Bacteria / genetics
  • Bacteria / pathogenicity
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Genes, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Medicago sativa / microbiology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutagenesis, Insertional
  • Restriction Mapping
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Sinorhizobium meliloti / genetics*
  • Symbiosis
  • Virulence / genetics

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • FliP protein, Bacillus

Associated data

  • GENBANK/C41886
  • GENBANK/F42284
  • GENBANK/L22182
  • GENBANK/L22495
  • GENBANK/S27742
  • GENBANK/U12312
  • GENBANK/X72969