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CATH Superfamily 3.40.630.30

Gcn5-related N-acetyltransferase (GNAT)

The name of this superfamily has been modified since the most recent official CATH+ release (v4_3_0). At the point of the last release, this superfamily was: waiting to be named.

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FunFam 452: Acyl-homoserine-lactone synthase

There are 1 EC terms in this cluster

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EC Term Annotations Evidence
Acyl-homoserine-lactone synthase. [EC: 2.3.1.184]
An acyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] + S-adenosyl-L-methionine = [acyl-carrier- protein] + S-methyl-5'-thioadenosine + an N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone.
  • Acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) are produced by a number of bacterial species and are used by them to regulate the expression of virulence genes in a process known as quorum-sensing.
  • Each bacterial cell has a basal level of AHL and, once the population density reaches a critical level, it triggers AHL-signaling which, in turn, initiates the expression of particular virulence genes.
  • N-(3-oxohexanoyl)-[acyl-carrier-protein] and hexanoyl-[acyl-carrier- protein] are the best substrates.
  • The fatty-acyl substrate is derived from fatty-acid biosynthesis through acyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] rather than from fatty-acid degradation through acyl-CoA.
  • S-adenosyl-L-methionine cannot be replaced by methionine, S-adenosylhomocysteine, homoserine or homoserine lactone.
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