دورية أكاديمية

Characterization of diverse homoserine lactone synthases in Escherichia coli.

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Characterization of diverse homoserine lactone synthases in Escherichia coli.
المؤلفون: René Daer, Cassandra M Barrett, Ernesto Luna Melendez, Jiaqi Wu, Stefan J Tekel, Jimmy Xu, Brady Dennison, Ryan Muller, Karmella A Haynes
المصدر: PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 8, p e0202294 (2018)
بيانات النشر: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018.
سنة النشر: 2018
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine, Science
الوصف: Quorum sensing networks have been identified in over one hundred bacterial species to date. A subset of these networks regulate group behaviors, such as bioluminescence, virulence, and biofilm formation, by sending and receiving small molecules called homoserine lactones (HSLs). Bioengineers have incorporated quorum sensing pathways into genetic circuits to connect logical operations. However, the development of higher-order genetic circuitry is inhibited by crosstalk, in which one quorum sensing network responds to HSLs produced by a different network. Here, we report the construction and characterization of a library of ten synthases including some that are expected to produce HSLs that are incompatible with the Lux pathway, and therefore show no crosstalk. We demonstrated their function in a common lab chassis, Escherichia coli BL21, and in two contexts, liquid and solid agar cultures, using decoupled Sender and Receiver pathways. We observed weak or strong stimulation of a Lux receiver by longer-chain or shorter-chain HSL-generating Senders, respectively. We also considered the under-investigated risk of unintentional release of incompletely deactivated HSLs in biological waste. We found that HSL-enriched media treated with bleach were still bioactive, while autoclaving deactivates LuxR induction. This work represents the most extensive comparison of quorum signaling synthases to date and greatly expands the bacterial signaling toolkit while recommending practices for disposal based on empirical, quantitative evidence.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1932-6203
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202294
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/603be5ecbd2f49b0afe01fe57ba46a2e
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.603be5ecbd2f49b0afe01fe57ba46a2e
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:19326203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0202294