ef1097 and ypkK encode enterococcin V583 and corynicin JK, members of a new family of antimicrobial proteins (bacteriocins) with modular structure from Gram-positive bacteria

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3218-3227

  Swe, Pearl M ^a   Heng, Nicholas C K ^a   Ting, Yi Tian ^a   Baird, Hayley J ^a   Carne, Alan ^a   Tauch, Andreas ^b   Tagg, John R ^a   Jack, Ralph W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; COLICIN; CORYNICIN; DISULFIDE; ENTEROCOCCIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOLYSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DISULFIDE BOND; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

CHIMAERIFORMES; CORYNEBACTERIUM JEIKEIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 35448969257     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/010777-0     Document Type: Article

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