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EC 3.1.1.81 Details
EC number
3.1.1.81
Accepted name
quorum-quenching N-acyl-homoserine lactonase
Reaction
an N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone + H2O = an N-acyl-L-homoserine
Other name(s)
acyl homoserine degrading enzyme, acyl-homoserine lactone acylase, AHL lactonase, AHL-degrading enzyme, AHL-inactivating enzyme, AHLase, AhlD, AhlK, AiiA, AiiA lactonase, AiiA-like protein, AiiB, AiiC, AttM, delactonase, lactonase-like enzyme, N-acyl homoserine lactonase, N-acyl homoserine lactone hydrolase, N-acyl-homoserine lactone lactonase, N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone hydrolase, quorum-quenching lactonase, quorum-quenching N-acyl homoserine lactone hydrolase
Systematic name
N-acyl-L-homoserine-lactone lactonohydrolase
CAS registry number
389867-43-0
Comment
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 [5]. 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 [5]. N-(3-Oxohexanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone, N-(3-oxododecanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone, N-butanoyl-L-homoserine lactone and N-(3-oxooctanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone can act as substrates [5].
History
created 2007
EC Tree
3.1.1.9 created 1961, deleted 1972
3.1.1.12 created 1961, deleted 1972
3.1.1.16 created 1961, deleted 1972
3.1.1.18 created 1961, deleted 1982
3.1.1.62 created 1989, deleted 1992
3.1.1.69 created 1992, deleted 2002
3.1.4.5 created 1961, deleted 1978
3.1.4.6 created 1961, deleted 1978
3.1.4.7 created 1961, deleted 1978
3.1.4.8 created 1961, transferred 1965 to EC 2.7.7.26, reinstated 1972, deleted 1978
3.1.4.9 created 1965, deleted 1978
3.1.4.10 created 1972, modified 1976, deleted 2002
3.1.4.18 created 1972, deleted 1978
3.1.4.19 created 1972, deleted 1978
3.1.4.20 created 1972, deleted 1978
3.1.4.21 created 1972, deleted 1978
3.1.4.22 created 1972, deleted 1978
3.1.4.23 created 1972, deleted 1978
3.1.4.24 created 1972, deleted 1978
3.1.4.25 created 1972, deleted 1978
3.1.4.26 created 1972, deleted 1978
3.1.4.27 created 1972, deleted 1978
3.1.4.28 created 1972, deleted 1978
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3.1.4.30 created 1972, deleted 1978
3.1.4.31 created 1972, deleted 1978
3.1.4.32 created 1972, deleted 1978
3.1.4.33 created 1972, deleted 1978
3.1.4.34 created 1972, deleted 1978
3.1.4.36 created 1976, deleted 2002
3.1.4.47 created 1989, deleted 2002