Role of the CAI-1 fatty acid tail in the Vibrio cholerae quorum sensing response

…, WL Ng, P Marano, K Brook, BL Bassler…

Index: Perez, Lark J.; Ng, Wai-Leung; Marano, Paul; Brook, Karolina; Bassler, Bonnie L.; Semmelhack, Martin F. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2012 , vol. 55, # 22 p. 9669 - 9681

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Abstract

Quorum sensing is a mechanism of chemical communication among bacteria that enables collective behaviors. In V. cholerae, the etiological agent of the disease cholera, quorum sensing controls group behaviors including virulence factor production and biofilm formation. The major V. cholerae quorum-sensing system consists of the extracellular signal molecule called CAI-1 and its cognate membrane bound receptor called CqsS. Here, the ...