Deconvoluting interspecies bacterial communication.
The universal bacterial signal molecule autoinducer-2 (AI-2) is derived from 4,5-dihydroxy-2,3-pentanedione (DPD). DPD exists in a complex equilibrium between multiple forms, and NMR spectroscopy has now been used to establish that the extent of the structural diversity displayed by DPD over a broad pH range is even greater than previously posited.
Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
Roberta J
RJ
Worthington
Christian
C
Melander
D001419:Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry*; D010420:Pentanes / Q000032:analysis*; D053038:Quorum Sensing; D015398:Signal Transduction
D010420:Pentanes