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Enzymatic complex of glycosyltransferases in Rhizobium leguminosarum as a model of exopolysaccharide biosynthesis pathway in bacteria

2017/27/B/NZ9/01849

Keywords:

polysaccharides symbiosis exopolysaccharide Rhizobium glycosyltransferases

Descriptors:

  • NZ9_8: Environmental microbiology
  • NZ9_9: Environmental biotechnology

Panel:

NZ9 - Fundamentals of applied life sciences and biotechnology: agricultural, forestry, horticulture, animal production and fishery, food and nutrition sciences, industrial biosciences, environmental biotechnology and remediation

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie, Wydział Biologii i Biotechnologii

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Małgorzata Marczak 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 6

Call: OPUS 14 - announced on 2017-09-15

Amount awarded: 814 400 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2018-06-29

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2023-06-28

Project duration:: 60 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Wielodetekcyjny czytnik płytkowy (200 000 PLN)
  2. Homogenizator (60 000 PLN)

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  1. PssJ is a terminal galactosyltransferase involved in the assembly of the exopolysaccharide subunit in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii
    Authors:
    Małgorzata Marczak; Magdalena Wójcik; Kamil Żebracki; Anna Turska-Szewczuk; Kamila Talarek; Dominika Nowak; Leszek Wawiórka; Marcin Sieńczyk; Agnieszka Łupicka-Słowik; Kamila Bobrek; Marceli Romańczuk; Piotr Koper; Andrzej Mazur
    Academic press:
    Int. J. Mol. Sci. (rok: 2020, tom: 21, strony: 7764), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ijms21207764 - link to the publication
  2. A New Face of the Old Gene: Deletion of the PssA, Encoding Monotopic Inner Membrane Phosphoglycosyl Transferase in Rhizobium leguminosarum, Leads to Diverse Phenotypes That Could Be Attributable to Downstream Effects of the Lack of Exopolysaccharide
    Authors:
    Małgorzata Marczak, Kamil Żebracki, Piotr Koper, Aleksandra Horbowicz, Magdalena Wójcik and Andrzej Mazur
    Academic press:
    Int. J. Mol. Sci. (rok: 2023, tom: 24, strony: 1035), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ijms24021035 - link to the publication
  3. Exopolysaccharide Biosynthesis in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii Requires a Complementary Function of Two Homologous Glycosyltransferases PssG and PssI
    Authors:
    Żebracki K, Horbowicz A, Marczak M, Turska-Szewczuk A, Koper P, Wójcik K, Romańczuk M, Wójcik M, Mazur A.
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences (rok: 2023, tom: 24, strony: 4248), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ijms24044248 - link to the publication