CHEBI:83169 - N-acyl homoserine lactone

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ChEBI Name N-acyl homoserine lactone
ChEBI ID CHEBI:83169
ChEBI ASCII Name N-acyl homoserine lactone
Definition A monocarboxylic acid amide resulting from the formal condensation of a carboxylic acid with the amino group of homoserine lactone. A class of autoinducers generally involved in bacterial quorum sensing.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
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Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): autoinducer
A signalling molecule produced and used by bacteria participating in quorum sensing, that is, in cell-cell communication to coordinate community-wide regulation of processes such as biofilm formation, virulence, and bioluminescence in populations of bacteria. Such communication can occur both within and between different species of bacteria.
Related Structures
N-acyl homoserine lactone is a Structural Derivative of
homoserine lactone
Mass : 101.10392
Formula : C4H7NO2
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