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Two component lantibiotics, such as the plasmid-encoded lacticin 3147 produced by Lactococcus lactis DPC3147 and staphylococcin C55 produced by Staphylococcus aureus C55, represent an emerging subgroup of bacteriocins. These two bacteriocins are particularly closely related, exhibiting 86% (LtnA1 and C55alpha) and 55% (LtnA2 and C55beta) identity in their component peptides. The aim of this study was to investigate, for the first time for any two component bacteriocins, the significance of the relatedness between these two systems.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Moorepark Food Research Centre, Teagasc, Fermoy, Co., Cork, Ireland. eileen.oconnor@teagasc.ie <eileen.oconnor@teagasc.ie>
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