Disclosure of the differences of Mesorhizobium loti under the free-living and symbiotic conditions by comparative proteome analysis without bacteroid isolation

Table 1 The number of classified enzymes detected by proteome analysis

Pathway	Symbiotic condition	Free-living condition	Genes^a)
Central carbon metabolism	49	56	77
Nitrogen fixation	8	2	8
Ubiquinone biosynthesis	6	5	9
Nucleotide sugar metabolism	1	6	13
Peptidoglycan biosynthesis	2	7	15

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