Bacteriocins of lactic acid bacteria: extending the family

Lasso Peptides: An Intriguing Class of Bacterial Natural Products

(2015) Julian D. Hegemann et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Michael-Type Cyclizations in Lantibiotic Biosynthesis Are Reversible

(2015) Xiao Yang et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

Enterocin F4-9, a NovelO-Linked Glycosylated Bacteriocin

(2015) Mohamed Abdelfattah Maky et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Solution Structure of Acidocin B, a Circular Bacteriocin Produced by Lactobacillus acidophilus M46

(2015) Jeella Z. Acedo et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Identification, Characterization, and Three-Dimensional Structure of the Novel Circular Bacteriocin, Enterocin NKR-5-3B, from Enterococcus faecium

(2015) Kohei Himeno et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The genomic landscape of ribosomal peptides containing thiazole and oxazole heterocycles

(2015) Courtney L. Cox et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Genomic analyses of pneumococci reveal a wide diversity of bacteriocins – including pneumocyclicin, a novel circular bacteriocin

(2015) Carlijn Bogaardt et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Expanding the chemical diversity of lasso peptide MccJ25 with genetically encoded noncanonical amino acids

(2015) Frank J. Piscotta et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

The Sactibiotic Subclass of Bacteriocins: An Update

(2015) Harsh Mathur et al.   CURRENT PROTEIN & PEPTIDE SCIENCE

Analysis of the effect of high hydrostatic pressure treatment and enterocin AS-48 addition on the bacterial communities of cherimoya pulp

(2015) Rubén Pérez Pulido et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

The bacteriocin AS-48 requires dimer dissociation followed by hydrophobic interactions with the membrane for antibacterial activity

(2015) Rubén Cebrián et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Bacteriocin production augments niche competition by enterococci in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract

(2015) Sushma Kommineni et al.   NATURE

Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster

(2015) Marnix H Medema et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Discovery of microbial natural products by activation of silent biosynthetic gene clusters

(2015) Peter J. Rutledge et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Substrate Specificity of the Lanthipeptide Peptidase ElxP and the Oxidoreductase ElxO

(2014) Manuel A. Ortega et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

Circular Bacteriocins: Biosynthesis and Mode of Action

(2014) Christina Gabrielsen et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Lassomycin, a Ribosomally Synthesized Cyclic Peptide, Kills Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Targeting the ATP-Dependent Protease ClpC1P1P2

(2014) Ekaterina Gavrish et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Bactericidal thurincin H causes unique morphological changes inBacillus cereusF4552 without affecting membrane permeability

(2014) Gaoyan Wang et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Amylocyclicin, a Novel Circular Bacteriocin Produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42

(2014) R. Scholz et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Structure and Biosynthesis of Carnolysin, a Homologue of Enterococcal Cytolysin with d-Amino Acids

(2014) Christopher T. Lohans et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A bacteriocin gene cluster able to enhance plasmid maintenance in Lactococcus lactis

(2014) Ana B Campelo et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Sensitivity to the two-peptide bacteriocin lactococcin G is dependent on UppP, an enzyme involved in cell-wall synthesis

(2014) Morten Kjos et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Structure and mechanism of the tRNA-dependent lantibiotic dehydratase NisB

(2014) Manuel A. Ortega et al.   NATURE

Structural basis for hijacking siderophore receptors by antimicrobial lasso peptides

(2014) Indran Mathavan et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Lethal Hydroxyl Radical Accumulation by a Lactococcal Bacteriocin, Lacticin Q

(2013) Mengqi Li et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Solution Structures of the Linear Leaderless Bacteriocins Enterocin 7A and 7B Resemble Carnocyclin A, a Circular Antimicrobial Peptide

(2013) Christopher T. Lohans et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Bacteriocin AS-48 binding to model membranes and pore formation as revealed by coarse-grained simulations

(2013) Victor L. Cruz et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Cyclotide biosynthesis

(2013) David J Craik et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Determination of the mode of action of enterolysin A, produced byEnterococcus faecalisB9510

(2013) H. Khan et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Functional Genetic Analysis of the GarML Gene Cluster in Lactococcus garvieae DCC43 Gives New Insights into Circular Bacteriocin Biosynthesis

(2013) C. Gabrielsen et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A Zn-Dependent Metallopeptidase Is Responsible for Sensitivity to LsbB, a Class II Leaderless Bacteriocin of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis BGMN1-5

(2013) G. Uzelac et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Biological function of a DUF95 superfamily protein involved in the biosynthesis of a circular bacteriocin, leucocyclicin Q

(2013) Fuqin Mu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Two [4Fe-4S] Clusters Containing Radical SAM Enzyme SkfB Catalyze Thioether Bond Formation during the Maturation of the Sporulation Killing Factor

(2013) Leif Flühe et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

antiSMASH 2.0—a versatile platform for genome mining of secondary metabolite producers

(2013) Kai Blin et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

BAGEL3: automated identification of genes encoding bacteriocins and (non-)bactericidal posttranslationally modified peptides

(2013) Auke J. van Heel et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

In vitro activity of the nisin dehydratase NisB

(2013) N. Garg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Discovery, Biosynthesis, and Engineering of Lantipeptides

(2012) Patrick J. Knerr et al.   Annual Review of Biochemistry

The Maltose ABC Transporter in Lactococcus lactis Facilitates High-Level Sensitivity to the Circular Bacteriocin Garvicin ML

(2012) Christina Gabrielsen et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Anti-infective properties of bacteriocins: an update

(2012) Riadh Hammami et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Dissecting the Maturation Steps of the Lasso Peptide Microcin J25 in vitro

(2012) Kok-Phen Yan et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Lacticin 3147 - Biosynthesis, Molecular Analysis, Immunity, Bioengineering and Applications

(2012) Srinivas Suda et al.   CURRENT PROTEIN & PEPTIDE SCIENCE

Increasing the success rate of lantibiotic drug discovery by Synthetic Biology

(2012) Manuel Montalbán-López et al.   Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery

Class IIa Bacteriocins: Diversity and New Developments

(2012) Yanhua Cui et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

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

(2012) Manuel Montalbán-López et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Structure and properties of the metastable bacteriocin Lcn972 from Lactococcus lactis

(2012) David L. Turner et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE

An Engineered Lantibiotic Synthetase That Does Not Require a Leader Peptide on Its Substrate

(2012) Trent J. Oman et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ring A of Nukacin ISK-1: A Lipid II-Binding Motif for Type-A(II) Lantibiotic

(2012) Mohammad R. Islam et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Identification of the genes involved in the secretion and self-immunity of lacticin Q, an unmodified leaderless bacteriocin from Lactococcus lactis QU 5

(2012) S. Iwatani et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Lasso peptides: structure, function, biosynthesis, and engineering

(2012) Mikhail O. Maksimov et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide natural products: overview and recommendations for a universal nomenclature

(2012) Paul G. Arnison et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

YcaO domains use ATP to activate amide backbones during peptide cyclodehydrations

(2012) Kyle L Dunbar et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Bacteriocins — a viable alternative to antibiotics?

(2012) Paul D. Cotter et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

New type non-lantibiotic bacteriocins: circular and leaderless bacteriocins

(2012) Y. Masuda et al.   Beneficial Microbes

Bacteriocin Production: a Probiotic Trait?

(2011) Alleson Dobson et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Structural, Dynamic, and Chemical Characterization of a Novel S-Glycosylated Bacteriocin

(2011) Hariprasad Venugopal et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

AS-48 bacteriocin: close to perfection

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

Substitution of a Conserved Disulfide in the Type IIa Bacteriocin, Leucocin A, with L-Leucine and L-Serine Residues: Effects on Activity and Three-Dimensional Structure

(2011) Clarissa S. Sit et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Thiazole/oxazole-modified microcins: complex natural products from ribosomal templates

(2011) Joel O Melby et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Are Bacteriocins Underexploited? NOVEL Applications for OLD Antimicrobials

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

CysteineS-glycosylation, a new post-translational modification found in glycopeptide bacteriocins

(2011) Judith Stepper et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Identification of an N-Terminal Formylated, Two-Peptide Bacteriocin from Enterococcus faecalis 710C

(2011) Xiaoji Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

The Antibacterial Threaded-lasso Peptide Capistruin Inhibits Bacterial RNA Polymerase

(2011) Konstantin Kuznedelov et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Target recognition, resistance, immunity and genome mining of class II bacteriocins from Gram-positive bacteria

(2011) M. Kjos et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Genome Mining for Radical SAM Protein Determinants Reveals Multiple Sactibiotic-Like Gene Clusters

(2011) Kiera Murphy et al.   PLoS One

Enterocin X, a Novel Two-Peptide Bacteriocin from Enterococcus faecium KU-B5, Has an Antibacterial Spectrum Entirely Different from Those of Its Component Peptides

(2010) C.-B. Hu et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Autoregulation of Lantibiotic Bovicin HJ50 Biosynthesis by the BovK-BovR Two-Component Signal Transduction System inStreptococcus bovisHJ50

(2010) Jianqiang Ni et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacteriocins produced by wild Lactococcus lactis strains isolated from traditional, starter-free cheeses made of raw milk

(2010) Ángel Alegría et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Thuricin CD, a posttranslationally modified bacteriocin with a narrow spectrum of activity against Clostridium difficile

(2010) M. C. Rea et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structural characterisation of the natively unfolded enterocin EJ97

(2010) José L. Neira et al.   PROTEIN ENGINEERING DESIGN & SELECTION

Elucidation of the Molecular Mechanisms of Action of the Natural Antimicrobial Peptide Subtilosin Against the Bacterial Vaginosis-associated Pathogen Gardnerella vaginalis

(2010) Katia Sutyak Noll et al.   Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

Peptide-Lipid Huge Toroidal Pore, a New Antimicrobial Mechanism Mediated by a Lactococcal Bacteriocin, Lacticin Q

(2009) F. Yoneyama et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

The Lactococcin G Immunity Protein Recognizes Specific Regions in Both Peptides Constituting the Two-Peptide Bacteriocin Lactococcin G

(2009) C. Oppegard et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The circular bacteriocin, carnocyclin A, forms anion-selective channels in lipid bilayers

(2009) Xiandi Gong et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Structure-Function Relationships of the Non-Lanthionine-Containing Peptide (class II) Bacteriocins Produced by Gram-Positive Bacteria

(2009) J. Nissen-Meyer et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Tyrosine 9 is the key amino acid in microcin J25 superoxide overproduction

(2009) Miriam C. Chalon et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Mode of action of dysgalacticin: a large heat-labile bacteriocin

(2009) P. M. Swe et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

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

Prevalence and Acquisition of the Genes for Zoocin A and Zoocin A Resistance in Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus

(2009) Amy S. Gargis et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Structure and Mode-of-Action of the Two-Peptide (Class-IIb) Bacteriocins

(2009) Jon Nissen-Meyer et al.   Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

Mutational Analysis of the Class IIa Bacteriocin Curvacin A and Its Orientation in Target Cell Membranes

(2008) H. S. Haugen et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Lacticin Q, a Lactococcal Bacteriocin, Causes High-Level Membrane Permeability in the Absence of Specific Receptors

(2008) F. Yoneyama et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Three-dimensional structure of the two peptides that constitute the two-peptide bacteriocin lactococcin G

(2008) Per Rogne et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS

The lantibiotic mersacidin is a strong inducer of the cell wall stress response of Staphylococcus aureus

(2008) Peter Sass et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Enhanced bactericidal effect of enterocin AS-48 in combination with high-intensity pulsed-electric field treatment against Salmonella enterica in apple juice

(2008) Pilar Martínez Viedma et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Discovery of a widely distributed toxin biosynthetic gene cluster

(2008) S. W. Lee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA