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Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the gene for acidocin 8912, a bacteriocin from Lactobacillus acidophilus TK8912
Author(s) -
Kanatani K.,
Tahara T.,
Oshimura M.,
Sano K.,
Umezawa C.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1995.tb01087.x
Subject(s) - lactobacillus acidophilus , nucleic acid sequence , cloning (programming) , gene , biology , bacteriocin , genetics , molecular cloning , sequence (biology) , microbiology and biotechnology , peptide sequence , bacteria , probiotic , computer science , programming language
K. KANATANI, T. TAHARA, M. OSHIMURA, K. SANO AND C. UMEZAWA. 1995. 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 pLA103 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.