Discovering the Bacterial Circular Proteins: Bacteriocins, Cyanobactins, and Pilins

The radical SAM enzyme AlbA catalyzes thioether bond formation in subtilosin A

(2012) Leif Flühe et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Identification and Characterization of Leucocyclicin Q, a Novel Cyclic Bacteriocin Produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides TK41401

(2011) Yoshimitsu Masuda et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

AS-48 bacteriocin: close to perfection

(2011) Marina Sánchez-Hidalgo et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Ribosomal synthesis of backbone macrocyclic peptides

(2011) Takayuki Katoh et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Are Bacteriocins Underexploited? NOVEL Applications for OLD Antimicrobials

(2011) Manuel Montalban-Lopez et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Evaluating the feasibility of lantibiotics as an alternative therapy against bacterial infections in humans

(2011) Auke Johan van Heel et al.   Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology

Current Concepts in Antimicrobial Therapy Against Select Gram-Positive Organisms: Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus, Penicillin-Resistant Pneumococci, and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

(2011) Ana Maria Rivera et al.   MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS

Structure and genetics of circular bacteriocins

(2011) Marco J. van Belkum et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of Garvicin ML, a Novel Circular Bacteriocin Produced byLactococcus garvieaeDCC43, Isolated from Mallard Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos)

(2010) Juan Borrero et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Insights into the Functionality of the Putative Residues Involved in Enterocin AS-48 Maturation

(2010) R. Cebrian et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Cyanobactins—ribosomal cyclic peptides produced by cyanobacteria

(2010) Kaarina Sivonen et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Cyclotides, a promising molecular scaffold for peptide-based therapeutics

(2010) Krishnappa Jagadish et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Circular proteins and mechanisms of cyclization

(2010) Brendon F. Conlan et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Solution Structure of the Leader Sequence of the Patellamide Precursor Peptide, PatE1-34

(2010) Wael E. Houssen  et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Enterocins in food preservation

(2010) Haider Khan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Evidence for VirB4-Mediated Dislocation of Membrane-Integrated VirB2 Pilin during Biogenesis of the Agrobacterium VirB/VirD4 Type IV Secretion System

(2010) J. E. Kerr et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

HPLC purification and re-evaluation of chemical identity of two circular bacteriocins, gassericin A and reutericin 6

(2010) K. Arakawa et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Conjugative Plasmid from Lactobacillus gasseri LA39 That Carries Genes for Production of and Immunity to the Circular Bacteriocin Gassericin A

(2009) Y. Ito et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Identification and Characterization of Lactocyclicin Q, a Novel Cyclic Bacteriocin Produced by Lactococcus sp. Strain QU 12

(2009) N. Sawa et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Three-dimensional Structure of Carnocyclin A Reveals That Many Circular Bacteriocins Share a Common Structural Motif

(2009) Leah A. Martin-Visscher et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Isolation and Characterization of Carnocyclin A, a Novel Circular Bacteriocin Produced by Carnobacterium maltaromaticum UAL307

(2008) L. A. Martin-Visscher et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of linear forms of the circular enterocin AS-48 obtained by limited proteolysis

(2008) Manuel Montalbán-López et al.   FEBS LETTERS