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ArticleChembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology2015

A Comparative Analysis of Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Synthase Assays.

Daniel Shin, Nicole D Frane, Ryan M Brecht, Jesse Keeler, Rajesh Nagarajan

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Article in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. ACS chemical biology · 2019
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  3. Article
  4. Enzymatic Assays to Investigate Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Autoinducer Synthases.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2018
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  5. Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel ShinDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID, 83725, USA.
Nicole D FraneDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID, 83725, USA.
Ryan M BrechtDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID, 83725, USA.
Jesse KeelerDepartment of Chemistry, Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, ID, 83686, USA.
Rajesh NagarajanDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID, 83725, USA. rajnagarajan@boisestate.edu.
Boise State University · USNorthwest Nazarene University · US

Funding

Women's health: interplay of maternal diet and key demographics on neurological health in the rural frontier and remote WestP20GM103408 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO · PI Scott A Minnich · 2012 to 2026
$59.8M
UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE OUTREACH PROGRAMP20RR016454 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO · PI CHASE, JENNIFER R · 2001 to 2011
$35.3M
Skill Development for Diverse Scientific Careers: A New Course Predoctoral Program in Cellular and Molecular BiologyT32GM007223 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BASERGA, SUSAN J · 1985 to 2019
$31.0M
Acyl-homoserine lactone signal fidelity enforcing mechanism in bacterial communicationR15GM117323 · NIGMS · BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI NAGARAJAN, RAJESH · 2016 to 2016
$396k
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR016454NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103408NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM117323NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007223
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quorum sensing is cell-to-cell communication that allows bacteria to coordinate attacks on their hosts by inducing virulent gene expression, biofilm production, and other cellular functions, including antibiotic resistance. AHL synthase enzymes synthesize N-acyl-l-homoserine lactones, commonly referred to as autoinducers, to facilitate quorum sensing in Gram-negative bacteria. Studying the synthases, however, has proven to be a difficult road. Two assays, including a radiolabeled assay and a colorimetric (DCPIP) assay are well-documented in literature to study AHL synthases. In this paper, we describe additional methods that include an HPLC-based, C-S bond cleavage and coupled assays to investigate this class of enzymes. In addition, we compare and contrast each assay for both acyl-CoA- and acyl-ACP-utilizing synthases. The expanded toolkit described in this study should facilitate mechanistic studies on quorum sensing signal synthases and expedite discovery of antivirulent compounds.

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsChromatography, High Pressure LiquidEnzyme AssaysGram-Negative BacteriaKineticsLigasesSpectrophotometryXanthine OxidaseBacterial ProteinsLigasesN-acylhomoserine lactone synthaseXanthine Oxidaseacyl-homoserine lactone synthaseenzyme assaysmethylthioadenosine nucleosidasequorum sensingxanthine oxidase

Identifiers

PMID26456773
PMCPMC5002224
OpenAlexW2138828193

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