Biogenesis of the peribacteroid membrane in root nodules

Trends Microbiol. 1996 Sep;4(9):364-8. doi: 10.1016/0966-842x(96)10053-6.

Abstract

An infected root nodule cell may contain several thousand rhizobial symbionts, each enclosed in a membrane envelope, the peribacteroid membrane (PBM). The PBM is derived from the host plasma membrane, but shares properties with the vacuolar membrane and contains several nodule-specific proteins (nodulins) that perform unique functions for symbiosis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biological Transport
  • Cell Membrane / physiology*
  • Fabaceae / metabolism
  • Fabaceae / microbiology*
  • Fabaceae / ultrastructure
  • GTP-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • Membrane Fusion
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Models, Biological
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism
  • Plant Roots / metabolism
  • Plant Roots / microbiology*
  • Plant Roots / ultrastructure
  • Plants, Medicinal*
  • Rhizobium / physiology*

Substances

  • Membrane Proteins
  • Plant Proteins
  • nodulin
  • GTP-Binding Proteins