Malate Transport and Metabolism in Nitrogen-Fixing Legume Nodules

• Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 26; no. 22; p. 6876
• Main Authors: Booth, Nicholas J., Smith, Penelope M. C., Ramesh, Sunita A., Day, David A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 15.11.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Biological Transport; Carbon; Enzymes; Exports; Fabaceae - metabolism; Infections; legume; Legumes; malate; Malates - metabolism; Membranes; Metabolism; Metabolites; Nitrogen; Nitrogen Fixation; nodules; Proteins; Review; Rhizobiaceae - metabolism; Root Nodules, Plant - metabolism; Soybeans; Sucrose; Symbiosis; metabolism; malate; legume; nitrogen fixation; nodules

Legumes form a symbiosis with rhizobia, a soil bacterium that allows them to access atmospheric nitrogen and deliver it to the plant for growth. Biological nitrogen fixation occurs in specialized organs, termed nodules, that develop on the legume root system and house nitrogen-fixing rhizobial bacte...