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The plasmid-borne gene encodes a dual-function catalase-peroxidase (KatG) (EC 1.11.1.7) that is inducible and heat-labile. In contrast to other rhizobia, was shown to be solely responsible for catalase and peroxidase activity in . An mutant that did not express catalase activity exhibited increased sensitivity to hydrogen peroxide (HO). Pre-exposure to a sublethal concentration of HO allowed to adapt and survive subsequent exposure to higher concentrations of HO. Based on a multiple sequence alignment with other catalase-peroxidases, it was found that the catalytic domains of the KatG protein had three large insertions, two of which were typical of KatG proteins. Like the gene of , the gene was induced by HO and was important in sustaining the exponential growth rate. In , KatG catalase-peroxidase activity is induced eightfold in minimal medium during stationary phase. It was shown that KatG catalase-peroxidase is not essential for nodulation and nitrogen fixation in symbiosis with , although bacteroid proteome analysis indicated an alternative compensatory mechanism for the oxidative protection of in symbiosis. Next to, and divergently transcribed from the catalase promoter, an ORF encoding the regulator OxyR was found; this is the first plasmid-encoded gene described so far. Additionally, the promoter region contained sequence motifs characteristic of OxyR binding sites, suggesting a possible regulatory mechanism for expression.

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