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Journal of Bacteriology, June 2005, p. 3630-3635, Vol. 187, No. 11
0021-9193/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.187.11.3630-3635.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Biosynthetic Pathway of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-Hydroxy-2-Alkylquinolines

Florian Bredenbruch,1 Manfred Nimtz,2 Victor Wray,2 Michael Morr,1 Rolf Müller,3 and Susanne Häussler1*

Department of Cell Biology,1 Department of Structural Biology, Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung (GBF), Mascheroder Weg 1, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany,2 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Department, Saarland University, Im Stadtwald, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany3

Received 28 January 2005/ Accepted 21 February 2005

The role of intercellular communication in the regulation of bacterial multicellular behavior has received widespread attention, and a variety of signal molecules involved in bacterial communication have been discovered. In addition to the N-acyl-homoserine lactones, 4-hydroxy-2-alkylquinolines (HAQs), including the Pseudomonas quinolone signal, have been shown to function as signal molecules in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In this study we unraveled the biosynthetic pathway of HAQs using feeding experiments with isotope-labeled precursors and analysis of extracted HAQs by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Our results show that the biosynthesis of various HAQ metabolites is directed via a common metabolic pathway involving a "head-to-head" condensation of anthranilic acid and ß-keto fatty acids. Moreover, we provide evidence that the ß-keto-(do)decanoic acids, crucial for the biosynthesis of the heptyl and nonyl derivatives of the 4-hydroxyquinolines in P. aeruginosa, are at least in part derived from a common pool of ß-hydroxy(do)decanoic acids involved in rhamnolipid biosynthesis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung (GBF), Mascheroder Weg 1, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany. Phone: 0531-6181-307. Fax: 0531-6181-444. E-mail: Susanne.haeussler{at}gbf.de.

Journal of Bacteriology, June 2005, p. 3630-3635, Vol. 187, No. 11
0021-9193/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.187.11.3630-3635.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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