Research Article

Cloning and Expression of Synthetic Genes Encoding the Broad Antimicrobial Spectrum Bacteriocins SRCAM 602, OR-7, E-760, and L-1077, by Recombinant Pichia pastoris

Table 3

Amino acid sequence of cloned bacteriocins and other class IIa bacteriocins.

BacteriocinAmino acid sequenceNumber of amino acids

SRCAM 602ATYYGNGLYCNKQKHYTWVDWNKASREIGKITVNGWVQH39
OR-7KTYYGTNGVHCTKNSLWGKVRLKNMKYDQNTTYMGRLQDILLGW 
ATGAFGKTFH
54
E-760NRWYCNSAAGGVGGAAVCGLAGYVGEAKENIAGEVRKGWGMAGG 
FTHNKACKSFPGSGWASG
62
E 50-52TTKNYGNGVCNSVNWCQCGNVWASCNLATGCAAWLCKLA 39
L-1077TNYGNGVGVPDAIMAGIIKLIFIFNIRQGYNFGKKAT 37
EntPATRSYGNGVYCNNSKCWVNWGEAKENIAGIVISGWASGLAGMGH44
EntATTHSGKYYGNGVYCYKNKCTVDWAKATTCIAGMSIGGFLGGAI 
PGKC
47
HirJM79ATYYGNGLYCNKEKCWVDWNQAKGEIGKIIVNGWVNHGPWAP 
RR
44
SakAARSYGNGVYCNNKKCWVNRGEATQSIIGGMISGWASGLAGM41

Underlined, the class IIa N-terminal consensus sequence YGNGV(X)C.