Detection, purification, and partial characterization of plantaricin C, a bacteriocin produced by a Lactobacillus plantarum strain of dairy origin.
A bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus plantarum LL441 was selected from the inhibitory products of 75 mesophilic lactobacilli because of its potency and broad spectrum. It is a peptide of 3.5 kDa whose amino-terminal sequence is NH2-K-K-T-K-K-N-X-S-G-D-I-. It is bactericidal and, in some cases, bacteriolytic. The peptide, called plantaricin C, retained its activity after boiling, storage, and treatment at different pHs.
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Departamento de Biologia Funcional, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Spain.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001430:Bacteriocins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000187:drug effects; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
D001430:Bacteriocins; C089260:plantaricin C