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ホモセリン・ラクトンの新しいクラスのクオラムセンシング信号はクオラムセンシング信号です
Amy L Schaefer1, E P Greenberg, Colin M Oliver
1Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Washington 98195, USA.
Nature
|June 20, 2008
まとめ
細菌は,クオラムセンシング (QS) 信号を使用して通信します. Rhodopseudomonas palustrisは,環境化合物を使用して新しいアシル-ホモセリンラクトン (アシル-HSL) 信号を作成し,QSの可能性を拡大することにより,QSを革新します.
科学分野:
- 微生物学 微生物学とは
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- バクテリアのコミュニケーション
背景:
- クオラムセンシング (QS) は,細菌が通信し,細胞密度に基づいて遺伝子発現を調節することを可能にします.
- アシルホモセリンラクトン (acyl-HSL) は,脂肪酸から合成された一般的なQS信号です.
- 既存のアシル-HSL信号は,細胞脂肪酸プールに依存しているため,多様性が限られている.
研究 の 目的:
- バクテリアにおける新しいアシル-HSL合成経路を調査する.
- アシル-HSL信号生成のための代替前駆物質を特定する.
- バクテリアのコミュニケーションにおける環境信号分子の影響を調査する.
主な方法:
- Rhodopseudomonas palustris.におけるアシル-HSL合成酵素の活性に関する分析.
- 環境前駆物質を用いて,R. palustrisによって生成される信号分子を特定する.
- 新型アシル-HSL変異に反応する信号受容体の特徴.
- 他の細菌種におけるアシル-HSL合成の比較分析.
主要な成果:
- Rhodopseudomonas palustrisはp-コマロイル-HSLを細胞脂肪酸ではなく,環境中のp-コマリック酸を使って合成する.
- R. palustris の新しい信号受容体は,p-coumaroyl-HSL に反応し,グローバル遺伝子発現を調節する.
- p-coumaroyl-HSL信号とその合成経路は,Bradyrhizobium sp.を含む他の細菌に存在しています. そしてシリシバクター・ポメロイ (Silicibacter pomeroyi).
結論:
- p-クオマロイル-HSL合成の発見は,アシル-HSLクオラムセンシング信号の既知のレパートリーを拡張します.
- 環境信号分子は,細菌の通信信号の前駆体として機能し,クオラムセンシングの範囲を広げることができます.
- この発見は,環境のシグナルと,細菌の細胞密度に依存する遺伝子調節の統合に関する新しい疑問を提起する.
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