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. 2011 Feb 8;5:1–13. doi: 10.2174/1874285801105010001

Table 4.

Characteristics of Unique Nucleotide Signatures for Acyl-Homoserine Lactone-Acylase and –Lactonase Showing Closest Match to the Respective Taxonomic Group

Taxonomic Group Signature Source Organism
Nucleotide Sequence No.
AHL-lactonase with reference to Bacillus sp. SB4
Actinobacteria CGTGAGCTCGAGTACGGCCTGTCGAATCACa M8 Mycobacterium sp.MCS [gi|108796981:1991857-1992693]
Firmicutes TCACTTACATTTTGATCATGCAGGAGGAAA M1 Bacillus sp. SB4 [gi|40388446|gb|AY483161.1|]
TCCGGTTCAGTTTTATTAACGATTGATGCA M10
Alphaproteobacteria GTTGTGCAGTCGCACCTGCATCTCGATCATa M1 Agrobacterium tumefaciens [gi|17223781:3565-4356]
ATCCGCAAGGACTTCGACAAGCCGGGCCTa M4
Betaproteobacteria GTGGATACGGAAGACGGCGTGGTGCTGATa M7 Burkholderia graminis [gi|170694799:130043-130822]
Gammaproteobacteria AATCCGGTATCAATCAGTACAAGGCCTCGAa M2 Acinetobacter baumannii AYE [gi|169794206:627842-628654]
Deltaproteobacteria ATGGTCGTTATGCAGGTGCGTGTGTATGACa M1 Desulfovibrio desulfuricans G20 [gi|78355047:1350539- 1351285]
Ascomycota TACACGAGGAAGAGTTCAAGCATGCATGCTa M2 Aspergillus oryzae RIB40 [gi|169784499|ref| XM_001826659.1|]
GATCAATTCCATGTGCGGGAGAACTACGAGa M3
Euryarchaeota All signaturesa
AHL-acylase with reference to Ralstonia sp. XJ12B
Actinobacteria CGGGTTCGCCGCCGGGTACAACGCGTGGATa M2 Streptomyces sp. M664 [gi|49781326:185-2599] and Streptomyces sp. FERM BP-5809 [gi|40786372:948-3362]
GTCATCCGGTACACGGAGTACGGCATTCCGa M3
Bacteroidetes ATCGAGATGCTTGAAGGGGATTCCTCGAa M3 Salinibacter ruber DSM 13855 [gi|83814055:1438503-1440524-]
GGCTTCGGGGGGAGATGGTCTTTTTGa M7
TTTGACGAGATGGAGGGCGGGa M8
Cyanobacteria GCTGGTTCCAATGCTTGGGCGATCGCACCTa M5 Cyanothece sp.[gi|126661348:2396-4477-]
Alphaproteobacteria ATGACTCCGGCAAGCCCGAAGAAGAAAGGCa M7 Erythrobacter litoralis HTCC2594 [gi|85372828:319908-322139]
GATATTGCCCTCGGCATCGCCATAGATGAAa M10
Betaproteobacteria CCAGCCGCATGCGCAGGGTTTCCTGGGTCCa M3 Ralstonia eutropha H16 [gi|113866031:2083444-2085906]
TCGGCACGCGCAGGTTGAACAGCGGCGACAa M7
Gammaproteobacteria: Pseudomonas spp. CTGCCGGTGGTCAACATCGGCTTCAGCCGC M1 Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA7 [gi|152983466:2955521-2957803]
TTCGTACAGAACTCCAACGACAGCGCCTGG M2
GATGCGTTTCTACCAGATGCACCTGACCAT M3
ATGCTGCTGGCCAACCCGCATTTCCCCTGG M4
CGGCATCGGCTACGCCTACGCGCGCGACA M6
GCGCGATGCCAACCTGGAGAACACCCGGGT M7
CCGCTGGACCGCCTATGGCGTGCCGCACAT M9
ATCCCCTGGGTCAACACCCTGGCCGCGGA M10
Gammaproteobacteria: Shewanella spp. CAGATAATAAAGGCAACGCCTTCTACATCGa M1 Shewanella woodyi ATCC 51908 [gi|170724370:166858-169239]
CCCTTTGAGCGTGCCCCCAAAGTGATGCGTa M2
GGCCGTGATAAAACCGAATCTGGTAGCGGTa M3
TTAATCGGCTTCAATGAACATGTTGCTTGGa M6
GGTTATGGGCAAGCCTATGCCCATGCTCAGa M10
Others Gammaproteobacterial members TTATCCGCTTCGATGTGCGGCGCGCCGAAa M8 Hahella chejuensis KCTC 2396 [gi|83642913:5633846-5636326]
a:

Sequence homology searches using BLAST for these signatures showed best hits for the query sequence but the frequency among the top 50 hits was quite low.