N-acyl homoserine lactone

Term ID

CHEBI:83169

Synonyms

AHLs
N-acyl homoserine lactones
N-AHLs

Definition

A monocarboxylic acid amide resulting from the formal condensation of a carboxylic acid with the amino group of homoserine lactone. A class of autoinducers generally involved in bacterial quorum sensing.

References

Wikipedia:N-Acyl_homoserine_lactone

Ontology

ChEBI ( EBI )

Relationships

is a type of: butan-4-olide monocarboxylic acid amide

butan-4-olide monocarboxylic acid amide Show first 5 Terms
has subtype: N-(3-oxododecanoyl)homoserine lactone N-(3-oxohexanoyl)homoserine lactone N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone

N-(3-oxododecanoyl)homoserine lactone N-(3-oxohexanoyl)homoserine lactone N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone Show first 5 Terms
has_functional_parent: homoserine lactone

homoserine lactone Show first 5 Terms
has_role: autoinducer

autoinducer Show first 5 Terms

Phenotype

Phenotype resulting from N-acyl homoserine lactone

Phenotype where environments contain N-acyl homoserine lactone

Phenotype modified by environments containing N-acyl homoserine lactone

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