title: Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the gene for acidocin 8912, a bacteriocin from Lactobacillus acidophilus TK8912.
abstract: Acidocin 8912 is a bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus acidophilus TK8912. The acidocin 8912 structural gene, acdT, was cloned and determined. It was located on the 14-kb plasmid pL103 and encoded a 46 amino acid precursor including a 20 amino acid N-terminal extension. The precursor sequence of the acdT gene shows a conservation of the general structural characteristics of the bacteriocin precursors from some lactic acid bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory, Tamon Sake Brewing Co., Ltd, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanatani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tahara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oshimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Umezawa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001430:Bacteriocins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D007779:Lactobacillus acidophilus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001430:Bacteriocins; C077111:acidocin 8912