Homologues and bioengineered derivatives of LtnJ vary in ability to form D-alanine in the lantibiotic lacticin 3147

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 708-714

  Suda, Srinivas ^a   Lawton, Elaine M ^a   Wistuba, Dorothee ^b   Cotter, Paul D ^c,d   Hill, Colin ^a,d   Ross, R Paul ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DEHYDROALANINE; LACTICIN 3147; LANTIBIOTIC; LTN ALPHA PEPTIDE; LTN BETA PEPTIDE; LTNJ PEPTIDE; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BIOENGINEERING; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOSTOC; PEDIOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; PEDIOCOCCUS PENTOSACEUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84855960442     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06185-11     Document Type: Article

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