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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

1Institute of Microbiology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan 
2Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (IBGE), University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan
 
*      Corresponding author: [email protected]

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.

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

November

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 56

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