Structure-function analysis of immunity proteins of pediocin-like bacteriocins: C-terminal parts of immunity proteins are involved in specific recognition of cognate bacteriocins

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2647-2652

  Johnsen, Line ^a   Fimland, Gunnar ^a   Mantzilas, Dimitris ^a   Nissen Meyer, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

CIRCULAR DICHROISM (CD) SPECTROSCOPY; IMMUNITY PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION ANALYSIS;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; DODECYLPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; ENTEROCIN A; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNITY PROTEIN; LEUCOCIN A; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEDIOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNITY; MEMBRANE BINDING; MICELLE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOCINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 2442656997     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.5.2647-2652.2004     Document Type: Article

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