... coli,andwhatproperties they confer in this context.The highly anionic character of OPGs synthesized byE. coli is due to the presence of phosphoglycerol and succinyl residues. Two genes mdoB and ... mutant of Bradyrhizobium japonicum synthesizes cyclodecakis-( 1–3 )-b-gluc-osyl. Plant Physiol. 119, 105 7–1 064.3. Breedveld, M.W. & Miller, K.J. (1994) Cyclic b-glucans of thefamilly Rhizobiaceae. ... 2002while OpgC and MdoC have similar sizes (399 and 385amino acids, respectively), they do not show any significantsequence similarities. However, OpgC and MdoC exhibitstretches of hydrophobic...