Biochemical Structural Analysis of the Lantibiotic Mutacin II
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Biochemical structural analysis of the lantibiotic mutacin II.
Mutacin II is a post-translationally modified lantibiotic peptide secreted by Streptococcus mutans T8, which inhibits the energy metabolism of sensitive cells. The deduced amino acid sequence of promutacin II is NRWWQGVVPTVSYECRMNSWQHVFTCC, which is capable of forming three thioether bridges. It was not obvious, however, how the three thioether bridges are organized. To examine the bridging, th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.21.15845