Abstract
Abstract Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) has been suggested to serve as a ubiquitous quorum sensing (QS) signal that mediates intra- and interspecies cross-talk between bacteria. To add tools for the study of its function in bacterial communication, we present a new and an improved synthetic route to AI-2 and aromatic analogues. We used this strategy to prepare naphthyl-DPD, and observed remarkably high synergistic activity at low nanomolar concentrations for this analogue in Vibrio harveyi.
| Original language | American English |
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| Article number | 22917 |
| Pages (from-to) | 3966-3969 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 18 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 17 Aug 2015 |
Keywords
- AI-2
- DPD
- Quorum sensing
- V. harveyi
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Medicine
- Molecular Biology
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Drug Discovery
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Organic Chemistry