lipo-chitin oligosaccharide
lipo-chitin oligosaccharide
Glycolipid signal molecules that mediate the species-specific symbiosis between rhizobial bacteria and leguminous plants. Comprised of an oligosaccharide backbone of beta (1-4) linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc) which varies in length between two and six residues and which is decorated with a combination of chemical moieties that helps encode species-specificity.