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Bacteroids of Rhizobium leguminosarum in root nodules of Pisum sativum are enclosed by a plant-derived peribacteriod membrane (PBM). The contents of the interstitial peribacteroid space (PBS) between bacteroid membrane and PBM were isolated by a controlled osmotic shock of PBM-enclosed bacteroids and analysed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Silver staining revealed approximately 40 PBS polypeptides. Ex planta 35S-methionine labeling of PBM-enclosed bacteroids revealed that about 90% of the PBS proteins are synthesized by the bacteroid. Approximately 30% of the PBS polypeptides are common between the PBS and the periplasmic space of free-living bacteria; one (38kDa) PBS protein is also excreted by free-living bacteria in the bacterial culture medium. At least four bacteroid-encoded PBS polypeptides were clearly identified as symbiosis-specific.
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Katinakis, P., Lankhorst, R.M.K., Louwerse, J. et al. Bacteroid-encoded proteins are secreted into the peribacteroid space by Rhizobium leguminosarum . Plant Mol Biol 11, 183–190 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00015670
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