Binding specificity of the lantibiotic-binding immunity protein NukH

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 7613-7619

  Okuda, Ken Ichi ^a   Yanagihara, Sae ^a   Shioya, Kouki ^a   Harada, Yoshitaka ^a   Nagao, Jun Ichi ^a   Aso, Yuji ^b   Zendo, Takeshi ^a   Nakayama, Jiro ^a   Sonomoto, Kenji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BINDING SITES; DERIVATIVES; ORGANIC ACIDS;

BACTERIOCIN; BINDING ASSAYS; BINDING RATES; BINDING SPECIFICITIES; IMMUNITY PROTEINS; INTERMOLECULAR DISULFIDE BONDS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LANTIBIOTIC; LANTIBIOTICS; LYSINE RESIDUES; NUKACIN; STRONG BINDINGS; SUPERNATANTS; TRANSFORMANTS;

CELL CULTURE;

BINDING PROTEIN; LANTHIONINE; LANTIBIOTIC; NUKACIN; PROTEIN NUKH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL BINDING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DISULFIDE BOND; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI;

EID: 57449086155     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00789-08     Document Type: Article

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