N-3-oxo-dodecanoyl-L-Homoserine lactone is a diffusible molecule involved in quorum sensing by bacteria. Homoserine lactones are also produced following proteolytic cleavage at a methionine residue by cyanogen bromide, as may be done during protein analysis. N-dodecanoyl-L-HSL-3-hydrazone-biotin is an affinity probe which allows the homoserine lactone molecule to be detected or captured through an interaction with an avidin-containing probe.
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