Saccharomyces cerevisiae Requires CFF1 to Produce 4-hydroxy-5-methylfuran-3(2H)-one, a Mimic of the Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Autoinducer AI-2
J. S. Valastyan, C. Kraml, I. Pelczer, T. Ferrante, B. Bassler
The paper identifies Cff1p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae as essential for producing MHF, an AI-2 mimic that enables inter-domain communication via LuxP.
bioRxiv · Nov 24, 2020Microbiology