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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
9
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1981-8-27
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pubmed:abstractText |
Synthesis of bacterial luciferase in some strains of luminous bacteria requires a threshold concentration of an autoinducer synthesized by the bacteria and excreted into the medium. Autoinducer excreted by Photobacterium fischeri strain MJ-1 was isolated from the cell-free medium by extraction with ethyl acetate, evaporation of solvent, workup with ethanol-water mixtures, and silica gel chromatography, followed by normal-phase and then reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The final product was greater than 99% pure. The structure of the autoinducer as determined by high-resolution 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, and high-resolution mass spectrometry was N-(3-oxohexanoly)-3-aminodihydro-2(3H)-furanone [or N-(beta-ketocaproyl)homoserine lactone]. The formation of homoserine by hydrolysis of the autoinducer was consistent with this structure. Synthetic autoinducer, obtained as a racemate, was prepared by coupling homoserine lactone to the ethylene glycol ketal of sodium 3-oxohexanoate, followed by mildly acidic removal of the protecting group; this synthetic material showed the appropriate biological activity.
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pubmed:grant | |
pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Apr
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pubmed:issn |
0006-2960
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:day |
28
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pubmed:volume |
20
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
2444-9
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:7236614-4-Butyrolactone,
pubmed-meshheading:7236614-Enzyme Induction,
pubmed-meshheading:7236614-Furans,
pubmed-meshheading:7236614-Kinetics,
pubmed-meshheading:7236614-Luciferases,
pubmed-meshheading:7236614-Luminescent Measurements,
pubmed-meshheading:7236614-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy,
pubmed-meshheading:7236614-Mass Spectrometry,
pubmed-meshheading:7236614-Photobacterium
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pubmed:year |
1981
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Structural identification of autoinducer of Photobacterium fischeri luciferase.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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