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Enzyme-lectins LI and LII from Paenibacillus polymyxa 1460, when incubated with the carbohydrate moiety of the wheat-root exocomponent fraction, showed an increase in their proteolytic activity. This increase may be associated with the presence of lectin-specific carbohydrates in the root fraction. The lectins of the nitrogen-fixing paenibacilli enhance cellulose degradation in the plant cell, thus increasing the activity of β-glucosidase in the wheat-root cell wall.
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Karpunina, ., Mel’nikova, . & Konnova, . Biological Role of Lectins from the Nitrogen-Fixing Paenibacillus polymyxa Strain 1460 During Bacterial–Plant-Root Interactions. Curr Microbiol 47, 376–378 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-002-3987-z
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