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CHEBI:71338 - autoinducer
| ChEBI ID | CHEBI:71338 |
| ChEBI Name | autoinducer |
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| Definition | A signalling molecule produced and used by bacteria participating in quorum sensing, that is, in cell-cell communication to coordinate community-wide regulation of processes such as biofilm formation, virulence, and bioluminescence in populations of bacteria. Such communication can occur both within and between different species of bacteria. |
| Last Modified | 29 September 2014 |
| Submitter | Gareth Owen |
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| ChEBI Ontology |
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| Outgoing Relation(s) |
| autoinducer (CHEBI:71338) is a signalling molecule (CHEBI:62488) |
| Incoming Relation(s) |
| (2R,4S)-2-methyltetrahydrofuran-2,3,3,4-tetrol (CHEBI:44800) has role autoinducer (CHEBI:71338) |
| N-acyl homoserine lactone (CHEBI:83169) has role autoinducer (CHEBI:71338) |
| autoinducer-2 (CHEBI:40646) has role autoinducer (CHEBI:71338) |
| Synonym | Source |
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| autoinducers | ChEBI |
| Manual Xrefs | Databases |
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| Autoinducer | Wikipedia |