Nisin Z, mutant nisin Z and lacticin 481 interactions with anionic lipids correlate with antimicrobial activity: A monolayer study

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 235, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 267-274

  Demel, Rudolf A ^a   Peelen, Tamara ^a   Siezen, Roland J ^b   De Kruijff, Ben ^a   Kuipers, Oscar P ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anionic lipids; Antimicrobial activity; Lipid monolayers; Nisin; Nisin mutant peptides

Indexed keywords

LACTICIN 481; LANTIBIOTIC; NISIN; NISIN A; NISIN Z; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE BINDING; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; NISIN;

EID: 0030047564     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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