A C-terminal disulfide bridge in pediocin-like bacteriocins renders bacteriocin activity less temperature dependent and is a major determinant of the antimicrobial spectrum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2643-2648

  Fimland, Gunnar ^a   Johnsen, Line ^a   Axelsson, Lars ^b   Brurberg, May B ^c,d   Nes, Ingolf F ^d   Eijsink, Vincent G H ^d   Nissen Meyer, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c Pesticide Laboratory   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; PEDIOCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; DISULFIDE BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; DISULFIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034005323     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.9.2643-2648.2000     Document Type: Article

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