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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2002
Applicants:
Lian Hui Zhang, Singapore, SG;
Jin Ling Xu, Singapore, SG;
Yi Han Lin, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
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 fromsp., strain XJ12B. The invention also provides the QsbA protein, which possesses N-acyl homoserine lactone inactivating activity.