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

2017/27/B/NZ9/01849

Keywords

Descriptors

  • NZ9_8: Mikrobiologia środowiskowa
  • NZ9_9: Biotechnologia środowiskowa

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

Voivodeship: lubelskie

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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
2018-06-29
Project end date
2023-06-28
Project duration
60 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Project settled

Project description

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Homogenizator. Cost: 60 000 PLN
  2. Wielodetekcyjny czytnik płytkowy. Cost: 200 000 PLN

Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (3)

  1. 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. (year: 2023, volume: 24, pages: 1035), Publisher: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ijms24021035 – link to the publication
  2. 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. (year: 2020, volume: 21, pages: 7764), Publisher: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ijms21207764 – 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 (year: 2023, volume: 24, pages: 4248), Publisher: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ijms24044248 – link to the publication

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