Acyl Homoserine Lactone-Based Quorum Sensing and its Role in Regulation of Extracellular Hydrolytic Enzymes in Marine Snow Associated Bacteria
Acyl Homoserine Lactone-Based Quorum Sensing and its Role in Regulation of Extracellular Hydrolytic Enzymes in Marine Snow Associated Bacteria
Abdul Nabi Jatt1*, Abdul Sattar Qureshi2 and Abdul Sami Dahri1
Fig. 1.
A general structure of N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHL) signal molecule.
Fig. 2.
LuxR/I Quorum-sensing (QS) system in Gram-negative bacteria. In threshold cell density, AHL based QS signaling molecules attach to LuxR. AHL/LuxR complex initiates transcription of target gene to carry out phenotype expression.
