Structural characterization of thioether-bridged bacteriocins

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-30

  Lohans, Christopher T ^a   Vederas, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin structure; Desulfurization; Edman degradation; Lantibiotics; NMR spectroscopy; Sactibiotics; Thioether bridge

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIOCIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN; CYANOGEN BROMIDE; CYSTEINE; DEHYDROALANINE; LANTHIONINE; LANTIBIOTIC; NISIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SACTIBIOTIC; SULFIDE; THIOL; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CYCLIZATION; DESULFURIZATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HETERONUCLEAR MULTIPLE BOND CORRELATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REDUCTION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOCINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SULFIDES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84893100422     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: 18811469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2013.81     Document Type: Review

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