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. 1998 Jun;10(6):905–915. doi: 10.1105/tpc.10.6.905

Srchi13, a novel early nodulin from Sesbania rostrata, is related to acidic class III chitinases.

S Goormachtig 1, S Lievens 1, W Van de Velde 1, M Van Montagu 1, M Holsters 1
PMCID: PMC144035  PMID: 9634579

Abstract

On the tropical legume Sesbania rostrata, stem-borne nodules develop after inoculation of adventitious root primordia with the microsymbiont Azorhizobium caulinodans. A cDNA clone, Srchi13, with homology to acidic class III chitinase genes, corresponds to an early nodulin gene with transiently induced expression during nodule ontogeny. Srchi13 transcripts accumulated strongly 2 days after inoculation, decreased from day 7 onward, and disappeared in mature nodules. Induction was dependent on Nod factor-producing bacteria. Srchi13 was expressed around infection pockets, in infection centra, around the developing nodule and its vascular bundles, and in uninfected cells of the central tissue. The specific and transient transcript accumulation together with the lipochitooligosaccharide degradation activity of the recombinant protein hint at a role of Srchi13 in normal nodule ontogeny by limiting the action of Nod factors.

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