Transcriptomic Identification of a Unique Set of Nodule-Specific Cysteine-Rich Peptides Expressed in the Nitrogen-Fixing Root Nodule of Astragalus sinicus

• Published in: Molecular plant-microbe interactions Vol. 35; no. 10; pp. 893 - 905
• Main Authors: Wei, Feng, Liu, Yuan, Zhou, Donglai, Zhao, Wenlong, Chen, Zhennan, Chen, Dason, Li, Youguo, Zhang, Xue-Xian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: St. Paul American Phytopathological Society 01.10.2022; The American Phytopathological Society
• Subjects: Amino acids; Astragalus sinicus; bacteroid differentiation; Cysteine; Differentiation; Electrochemical analysis; Electrochemistry; indeterminate nodule; Inverted repeat; IRLC legumes; Legumes; NCR peptides; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogenation; Nodules; Nucleotide sequence; Peptide transporter; Peptides; Phylogeny; Subgroups; Symbiosis; Transcriptomes; Transcriptomics

Legumes in the inverted repeat-lacking clade (IRLC) each produce a unique set of nodule-specific cysteine-rich (NCR) peptides, which act in concert to determine the terminal differentiation of nitrogen-fixing bacteroid. IRLC legumes differ greatly in their numbers of NCR and sequence diversity. This...