This invention provides a gene, qsbA, which encodes a protein useful for inactivating certain bacterial quorum-sensing signal molecules (N-acyl homoserine lactones) which participate in bacterial virulence and biofilm differentiation pathways. This gene was isolated from
Ralstonia
sp., strain XJ12B. The invention also provides the QsbA protein, which possesses N-acyl homoserine lactone inactivating activity.
本发明提供了一种名为 qsbA 的
基因,它编码的蛋白质可用于灭活某些参与细菌毒力和
生物膜分化途径的细菌法定量感应信号分子(N-酰基均
丝氨酸内酯)。该
基因是从
Ralstonia
sp., strain XJ12B.本发明还提供了具有 N-酰基均
丝氨酸内酯灭活活性的 QsbA 蛋白。