l homoserine

L-Homoserine ((S)-(-)-2-AMINO-4-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID) is a more reactive variant of the amino acid serine. In this variant, the hydroxyl side chain contains an additional CH2 group which brings the hydroxyl group closer to its own carboxyl group, allowing it to chemically react to form a five-membered ring. This occurs at the point that amino acids normally join to their neighbours in a peptide bond. L-Homoserine is therefore unsuitable for forming proteins and has been eliminated from the repertoire of amino acids used by living things. L-Homoserine is the final product on the C-terminal end of the N-terminal fragment following a cyanogen bromide cleavage.

N-(3-Oxodecanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone (3-Oxo-C10-HSL) functions as a bacterial quorum-sensing signal autoinducer [1].

3-Oxo-C16:1-HSL (3oxoC16:1Δ11cis(L)HSL) is an N-acyl-homoserine lactone from Pseudomonas aeruginosa that inhibits the pathogenic strains of Aspergillus vinelandii from causing crown galls on grapes, and can be used in biosensor research.

Aculene D, a fungal metabolite, exhibits quorum sensing (QS) inhibitory effects on Chromobacterium violaceum CV026, significantly reducing violacein production in N-hexanoyl-l-homoserine lactone (C6-HSL) induced cultures of C. violaceum CV026 at sub-inhibitory concentrations [1].