Manipulation of charged residues within the two-peptide lantibiotic lacticin 3147

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 222-234

  Deegan, Lucy H ^a   Suda, Srinivas ^a   Lawton, Elaine M ^a   Draper, Lorraine A ^a   Hugenholtz, Floor ^a   Peschel, Andreas ^b   Hill, Colin ^a,c   Cotter, Paul D ^d   Ross, R Paul ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; LACTICIN 3147; LACTICIN ALPHA; LACTICIN BETA; LANTIBIOTIC; MUTANT PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; WILD TYPE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 77953583284     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2009.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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