Figure 2. His210 defines the LuxN preference for the 3-OH modified HSL.
The V. harveyi bioluminescent reporter strain XK006 (ΔluxMN ΔluxPQ ΔcqsS) harboring WT or His210 mutant luxN alleles expressed from pFED343 was assayed for responses to AHLs.
(A) DMSO, white; 1 μM 3OH-C4 HSL, black; 1 μM C4 HSL, grey.
(B) DMSO was used as the control, and AHLs were supplied at 10 μM. For panels A and B, error bars represent standard deviations for three replicates.
(C) Dose-dependent light production from XK006 carrying WT luxN or luxN His210 alleles. DMSO, open circles; AI-1 (3OH-C4 HSL), closed circles; C4 HSL, triangles; 3O-C4 HSL, squares. Representative data from at least three independent experiments are shown. EC50 values are in Table S1.