title: Butyrivibriocin AR10, a new cyclic bacteriocin produced by the ruminal anaerobe Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens AR10: characterization of the gene and peptide.
abstract: The gene (bviA) encoding the ruminal bacteriocin butyrivibriocin AR10 was cloned from an EcoRI library by using an oligonucleotide probe based on a partial peptide sequence of the previously isolated peptide. The gene encoded an 80 amino acid prebacteriocin that demonstrated significant identity with the cyclic bacteriocin gassericin A. Negative ion time of flight mass spectroscopic analysis (ESI/MS) indicated a mass of 5981.5 Da for the isolated bacteriocin, a molecular mass that could not be generated by removal of a leader peptide alone. However, an N- to C-terminal cyclization of the predicted mature bacteriocin resulted in a peptide that conformed to the determined mass and charge characteristics. Northern blotting confirmed that expression of bviA mirrored the production of the bacteriocin in both liquid and solid media.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Research Division, Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Food Directorate, Health Products and Foods Branch, Health Canada, Postal Locator #2204A2, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, ON K1A 0L2, Canada.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Kalmokoff
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Cyr
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hefford
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Whitford
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Teather
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000898:Antibiosis; D001430:Bacteriocins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000633:toxicity; D001483:Base Sequence; D045856:Butyrivibrio / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D023061:Gene Order; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D024363:Transcription Initiation Site
chemical_list: D001430:Bacteriocins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; C104556:butyrivibriocin AR10