Abstract
Quorum sensing (QS) is the process by which microorganisms employ chemicals called autoinducers (AIs) to communicate with their population. The QS mechanism generally controls the expression of the virulence related genes in bacteria. N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) are the most widespread QS molecules. Due to their diverse AHL-lactonase activities, Bacillus species make particularly suitable candidates for procedures such as demolition of pathogenic bacterial QS signals and bioremediation of β-lactam antibiotics from contaminated environments. In this study, seven Bacillus strains with Quorum quenching (QQ) activity were isolated using an enrichment medium supplemented with Penicillin G (PenG). The AHL-lactonase encoding gene (aiiA) was amplified by PCR and sequenced. Amino acid sequences underwent multiple sequence alignment. Docking studies were carried out with both C6HSL and PenG ligand using AutoDock tools. The aiiA amino acid sequences of the isolates were found to be well conserved. Furthermore, amino acid sequence alignment revealed that 74.9% of amino acid sequences were conserved in the genus Bacillus. Docking of the C6HSL to wild type (3DHA) and H97D variant reduced the docking score by only 0.1kcal/mol for the mutated protein. When PenG docked with a higher (1.5kcal/mol) score as a ligand to wild-type and mutant receptors, the docking score for the mutated protein likewise decreased by 0.1kcal/mol. This research contributed to the diversification of organisms with QQ activity and beta-lactam antibiotic resistance. It also clarified the binding score of the PenG ligand to the Bacillus AHL lactonase molecule for the first time.
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