N-acylhomoserine lactonase producing Rhodococcus spp. with different AHL-degrading activities.
N-acylhomoserine lactonase producing Rhodococcus spp. with different AHL-degrading activities.
Sun-Yang Park,B. Hwang,3 Authors,Jung-Kee Lee
2006 · DOI: 10.1111/J.1574-6968.2006.00336.X
FEMS Microbiology Letters · 109 Citations
TLDR
A mass spectrometry analysis indicated that both strains hydrolyzed the lactone ring of AHL to generate acylhomoserine, suggesting that AHL-lactonases from the two Rhodococcus strains are involved in the degradation of AHL, in contrast to R. erythropolis W2.