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Table 3 Selected transcriptional regulators related to symbiosis with known binding site in S. meliloti (see Table S5 for consensus sequences)

From: Exploring the symbiotic pangenome of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti

   

Genes regulated

Transcription factor

Symbiotic process

Reference

Rm1021

AK83

BL225C

NodD1

Flavonoid perception

[40, 68]

10

13

12

ChvI

EPS biosynthesis

[45]

54

65

52

FixK

Microaerophilic adaptation

[41]

54

61

54

FixJ

Nitrogenase synthesis and functioning via nifA

[69]

26

31

35

NifA

Nitrogenase biosynthesis

[41]

35

48

42

Fur

Iron uptake

[43]

9

8

9

NolR*

Optimization of nodulation, bacterial growth on solid medium, survival under stress conditions, and conjugative transfer of plasmids

[70]

3

6

3

NesR

Competition for plant nodulation

[44]

6

5

7

  1. * gene disrupted by a frameshift mutation in Rm1021 [46]