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Synthesis and Assay of Vibrio Quorum Sensing Inhibitors
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一个新的类型的homo-serine乳定数感应信号信号
Amy L Schaefer1, E P Greenberg, Colin M Oliver
1Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Washington 98195, USA.
Nature
|June 20, 2008
概括
细菌使用定数感应 (QS) 信号进行通信. Rhodopseudomonas palustris通过使用环境化合物来创建新型的乙-同素乳 (乙-HSL) 信号来创新QS,扩大了QS的可能性.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 细菌的传播 细菌的传播
背景情况:
- 定数感应 (QS) 能够使细菌根据细胞密度进行交流和调节基因表达.
- 乙同素乳 (乙-HSL) 是由脂肪酸合成的常见的QS信号.
- 由于依赖细胞脂肪酸池,现有的乙-HSL信号的多样性有限.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究细菌中的新型乙-HSL合成途径.
- 为了确定用于乙-HSL信号生成的替代前体.
- 探索环境信号分子在细菌通信中的影响.
主要方法:
- 在Rhodopseudomonas palustris.中对乙-HSL合成酶活性进行分析.
- 使用环境前体,识别R. palustris产生的信号分子.
- 响应新型乙-HSL变异的信号受体的特征.
- 在其他细菌物种中对乙-HSL合成的比较分析.
主要成果:
- Rhodopseudomonas palustris使用环境中的p-coumaric酸合成p-coumaroyl-HSL,而不是细胞脂肪酸.
- 在R. palustris中,一种新的信号受体对p-coumaroyl-HSL作出反应,调节全球基因表达.
- p-coumaroyl-HSL信号及其合成途径存在于其他细菌中,包括Bradyrhizobium sp. 和Silicibacter pomeroyi. 这是一个非常好的方法.
结论:
- 对p-coumaroyl-HSL合成的发现扩大了已知的acyl-HSL定数感应信号的范围.
- 环境信号分子可以作为细菌通信信号的前体,扩大了定数感应的范围.
- 这一发现提出了关于环境线索和细菌细胞密度依赖基因调节的整合的新问题.
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