Any feedback?
Please rate this page
(all_enzymes.php)
(0/150)

BRENDA support

3.5.1.97: acyl-homoserine-lactone acylase

This is an abbreviated version!
For detailed information about acyl-homoserine-lactone acylase, go to the full flat file.

Word Map on EC 3.5.1.97

Reaction

an N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone
+
H2O
=
L-homoserine lactone
+
a carboxylate

Synonyms

AAC, acyl-homoserine lactone acylase, acyl-HSL acylase, acylhomoserine-lactone acylase, AHL acylase, AHL amidase, AHL-acylase, AhlM, AIBP, AiiC, AiiD, AiiO, AmiE, APTM01, AtPVA, auto-inducer inhibitor from Cyanobacteria, FaGL1422, HacA, HacB, KcPGA, long-chain AHL acylase, MacQ, More, N-acyl-homoserine lactone acylase, N-acylhomoserine lactone acylase, N-acylhomoserine lactone-acylase, PA0305, PA2385, PA2385 protein, PaPVA, pfmA, PvdQ, PvdQ acylase, QqaR, QuiP, quorum quenching acylhomoserine lactone acylase, quorum quenching enzyme, quorum-quenching AHL acylase, quorum-quenching enzyme, quorum-quenching N-acyl homoserine lactone acylase PvdQ, quorum-quenching N-acylhomoserine lactone acylase, SlPVA

ECTree

     3 Hydrolases
         3.5 Acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, other than peptide bonds
             3.5.1 In linear amides
                3.5.1.97 acyl-homoserine-lactone acylase

Systematic Name

Systematic Name on EC 3.5.1.97 - acyl-homoserine-lactone acylase

Please wait a moment until all data is loaded. This message will disappear when all data is loaded.
SYSTEMATIC NAME
IUBMB Comments
N-acyl-L-homoserine-lactone amidohydrolase
Acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) are produced by a number of bacterial species and are used by them to regulate the expression of virulence genes in a process known as quorum-sensing. Each bacterial cell has a basal level of AHL and, once the population density reaches a critical level, it triggers AHL-signalling which, in turn, initiates the expression of particular virulence genes. Plants or animals capable of degrading AHLs would have a therapeutic advantage in avoiding bacterial infection as they could prevent AHL-signalling and the expression of virulence genes in quorum-sensing bacteria. This quorum-quenching enzyme removes the fatty-acid side chain from the homoserine lactone ring of AHL-dependent quorum-sensing signal molecules. It has broad specificity for AHLs with side changes ranging in length from 11 to 14 carbons. Substituents at the 3'-position, as found in N-(3-oxododecanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone, do not affect this activity.