Structure of a new opine, mikimopine, in hairy root induced by Agrobacterium rhizogenes.

Abstract

Opine is the generic name of the strainspecific metabolites which can be detected in crown gall and hairy root elicited by the phytopathogenic bacteria, Agrobacterium tumefaciens and A. rhizogenes, respectively, and which can be degraded by the corresponding bacterial strains.1}