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. 2014 May 14;10(5):550–565. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.9028

Table 3.

Enzymes as quorum sensing inhibitors.

Enzyme class/ Name Source/ Producing strain AHLs degradation Ref.
AHL-acylase
Acylase I Porcine (Kidney) C4-HSL, C6-HSL, C8-HSL, 3-oxo-C10-HSL, 3-oxo-C12-HSL 88, 200, 201
C4-HSL, C6-HSL, C8-HSL 20, 202-204
AiiD Ralstonia sp. XJ12B 3-oxo-C8-HSL, 3-oxo-C10-HSL, 3-oxo-C12-HSL 99
AiiC Anabaena sp. PCC7120 C4-HSL C14-HSL 186
PvdQ Pseudomonas sp. strain PAI-A C10-HSL, 3-oxo-C10-HSL, C12-HSL, 3-oxo-C12-HSL, C14-HSL, C16-HSL 183, 33
HacA P. syringae strain B728a C8-HSL, C10-HSL, C12-HSL 187
HacB P. syringae strain B728a C6-HSL, C8-HSL, C10-HSL, C12-HSL 187
Aac R. solanacearum GMI1000 C7-HSL, C8-HSL, 3-oxo-C8-HSL, C10-HSL 205
Aac Shewanella sp. strain MIB015 C8-HSL, C10-HSL, C12-HSL 206
AhlM Streptomyces sp. strain M664 C8-HSL, C10-HSL, 3-oxo-C12-HSL 184
QuiP P. aeruginosa C6-HSL, C8-HSL, C10-HSL, C12-HSL 207
n.d. Pseudomonas sp. 1A1 C6-HSL, C8-HSL, 3-oxo-C8-HSL, 3-oxo-C10-HSL, C10-HSL, 3-oxo-C12-HSL, C12-HSL 208
AHL-lactonase
Lactonase Human (Airway epithelia) 3-oxo-C12-HSL 209
Gluconolactonase (GL) As. niger IAM 2094 Lactone ring hydrolysis 196
AttM A. tumefaciens c58 3-oxo-C8-HSL 179
AiiA Bacillus sp. 240B1 C8-HSL 158, 210
B. anthracis (Ames strain) C6-HSL, C8-HSL, C10-HSL 211
B. cereus and B. mycoides C6-HSL, C8-HSL, C10-HSL 189
B. thuringiensis 3-oxo-C6-HSL, C6-HSL, C8-HSL 212
AiiB A. tumefaciens C58 3-oxo-C6-HSL, C6-HSL, C8-HSL, C7-HSL, 3-oxo-C8-HSL, C8-HSL 213
AiiB A. tumefaciens C4-HSL, 3-oxo-C6-HSL, C6-HSL, 3-oxo-C8-HSL, C8-HSL, C10-HSL 193
GKL Ge. kaustophilus
strain HTA426
C6-HSL, 3-oxo-C8-HSL, C8-HSL, C10-HSL, 3-oxo-C12-HSL 214
AiiM M. testaceum StLB037 3-oxo-C6-HSL, C6-HSL,
3-oxo-C8-HSL, C8-HSL,
3-oxo-C10-HSL, C10-HSL
215
MCP My. avium subsp. paratuberculosis K-10 C7-HSL, C8-HSL, 3-oxo-C8-HSL, C10-HSL, C12-HSL 216
PPH My. tuberculosis C4-HSL, 3-oxo-C8-HSL, C10-HSL 217
AidH Ochrobactrum sp. T63 C4-HSL, C6-HSL, 3-oxo-C6-HSL, 3-oxo-C8-HSL, C10-HSL 195
AhlS So. silvestris StLB046 C10-HSL 218
SsoPox Sul. solfataricus strain P2 3-oxo-C8-HSL, C8-HSL, 3-oxo-C10-HSL, 3-oxo-C12-HSL 219, 220
QsdA Rho. erythropolis W2 3-oxo-C6-HSL, C6-HSL,
3-oxo-C8-HSL, C8-HSL,
3-oxo-C10-HSL, C10-HSL, 3-oxo-C12-HSL, C12-HSL, 3-oxo-C14-HSL, C14-HSL
221
QIcA Acidobacteria sp. 3-oxo-C6-HSL, C6-HSL, C7-HSL, 3-oxo-C8-HSL, C8-HSL, 3-oxo-C10-HSL, C10-HSL 194
AhlD Arthrobacter sp. IBN110 C4-HSL, 3-oxo-C6-HSL, C6-HSL, C8-HSL, 3-oxo-C10-HSL, C10-HSL 222
Oxidoreductase
P450BM3 B. megaterium
CYP102A1
Oxidizes; C12-HSL, 3-oxo-C12-HSL, C14-HSL, 3-oxo-C14-HSL, C16-HSL, C18-HSL, C20-HSL. 181
n.d. Burkholderia sp. strain
GG4
Reduces; 3-oxo-AHL to corresponding 3-hydroxy
derivatives.
207
n.d. Rho. erythropolis W2 Converts C8-HSL to C14-HSL to corresponding 3-hydroxy derivatives 182

n.d.: Not determined.