TY - JOUR
T1 - Lacticin Q, a lactococcal bacteriocin, causes high-level membrane permeability in the absence of specific receptors
AU - Yoneyama, Fuminori
AU - Imura, Yuichi
AU - Ichimasa, Shiro
AU - Fujita, Koji
AU - Zendo, Takeshi
AU - Nakayama, Jiro
AU - Matsuzaki, Katsumi
AU - Sonomoto, Kenji
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - To characterize the mode of action of lacticin Q (LnqQ), its membrane-permeabilizing activity was compared with that of nisin A because of the similar antimicrobial features of these compounds. Lipid II, the receptor for nisin A, was not required for LnqQ activity. LnqQ induced high-level membrane permeability in the absence of specific receptors.
AB - To characterize the mode of action of lacticin Q (LnqQ), its membrane-permeabilizing activity was compared with that of nisin A because of the similar antimicrobial features of these compounds. Lipid II, the receptor for nisin A, was not required for LnqQ activity. LnqQ induced high-level membrane permeability in the absence of specific receptors.
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U2 - 10.1128/AEM.01827-08
DO - 10.1128/AEM.01827-08
M3 - Article
C2 - 19011053
AN - SCOPUS:58149385471
VL - 75
SP - 538
EP - 541
JO - Applied and Environmental Microbiology
JF - Applied and Environmental Microbiology
SN - 0099-2240
IS - 2
ER -