Saccharomyces cerevisiae Requires
<i>CFF1</i>
To Produce 4-Hydroxy-5-Methylfuran-3(2H)-One, a Mimic of the Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Autoinducer AI-2

Julie S. Valastyan; Christina M. Kraml; Istvan Pelczer; Thomas Ferrante; Bonnie L. Bassler

doi:10.1128/mBio.03303-20

mBio (Apr 2021)

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Requires <i>CFF1</i> To Produce 4-Hydroxy-5-Methylfuran-3(2H)-One, a Mimic of the Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Autoinducer AI-2

Julie S. Valastyan,
Christina M. Kraml,
Istvan Pelczer,
Thomas Ferrante,
Bonnie L. Bassler

Affiliations

Julie S. Valastyan: Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Christina M. Kraml: Lotus Separations LLC, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Istvan Pelczer: Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Thomas Ferrante: Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Bonnie L. Bassler: ORCiD; Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03303-20
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 2

Abstract

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Quorum sensing is a cell-to-cell communication process that bacteria use to monitor local population density. Quorum sensing relies on extracellular signal molecules called autoinducers (AIs).

Published in mBio

ISSN: 2161-2129 (Print); 2150-7511 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/mbio

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