Bacteriocins, Microcins and Lantibiotics

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Introduction to the Microcin Session....Pages 1-2
 Escherichia Coli Genes Regulating the Production of Microcins MCCB17 and MCCC7....Pages 3-13
Uptake and Mode of Action of the Peptide Antibiotic Microcin B17....Pages 15-17
The Structure and Maturation Pathway of Microcin B17....Pages 19-31
Bacteriocins of Gram-Positive Bacteria: An Opinion Regarding their Nature, Nomenclature and Numbers....Pages 33-35
Molecular Properties of Lactobacillus Bacteriocins....Pages 37-58
Lactococcal Bacteriocins: Genetics and Mode of Action....Pages 59-69
Introduction to the Lantibiotics session....Pages 71-73
Lantibiotics : An Overview and Conformational Studies on Gallidermin and Pep5....Pages 75-92
Biosynthesis of the Lantibiotic Pep5 and Mode of Action of Type A Lantibiotics....Pages 93-106
Identification of Genes Involved in Lantibiotic Biosynthesis....Pages 107-116
Pore Forming Bacteriocins....Pages 117-118
 In Vivo Properties of Colicin A: Channel Activity and Translocation....Pages 119-125
Site-Directed Fluorescence Spectroscopy as a Tool to Study the Membrane Insertion of Colicin A....Pages 127-138
Structure-Function of the Colicin E1 Ion Channel: Voltage-Driven Translocation and Gating of a Tetra- (or Hexa-) Helix Channel....Pages 139-150
Voltage-Dependent Gating of Colicin E1 Channels in Planar Bilayers....Pages 151-162
Immunity to Colicins....Pages 163-170
Immunity Protein to Pore Forming Colicins....Pages 171-179
Specificity Determinants of the Interaction Between Colicin E9 and its Immunity Protein....Pages 181-201
Structural studies on colicin E3 and its immunity protein....Pages 203-214
Study of the Import Mechanisms of Colicins Through Protein Engineering and K + Efflux Kinetics....Pages 215-223
Import and Export of Colicin M....Pages 225-242
TolA: Structure, Location and Role in the Uptake of Colicins....Pages 243-253
Domains of the Escherichia Coli BtuB Protein Involved in Outer Membrane Association and Interaction with Colicin Translocation Components....Pages 255-269
A Structure-Function Analysis of BtuB, the E.Coli . Vitamin B 12 Outer Membrane Transport Protein....Pages 271-296
General Introduction to the Secretion of Bacteriocins....Pages 297-305
Functioning of the pCLODF13 Encoded BRP....Pages 307-316
Structure/Function Relationships in the Signal Sequence of the Colicin A Lysis Protein....Pages 317-329
The Secretion of Colicin V....Pages 331-348
Introduction to the Session on the Evolution of Bacteriocins....Pages 349-351
Molecular evolution of E colicin plasmids with emphasis on the endonuclease types....Pages 353-378
Immunity Specificity and Evolution of the Nuclease-Type E Colicins....Pages 379-395
Replicon Evolution of ColE2-related Plasmids....Pages 397-411
Genetic Determinants for Microcin H47, an Escherichia Coli Chromosome-Encoded Antibiotic....Pages 413-415
BLIS Production in the Genus Streptococcus....Pages 417-420
A New Leuconostoc Bacteriocin, Mesentericin Y105, Bactericidal to Listeria Monocytogenes ....Pages 421-426
Cloning and Characterisation of a Lysin Gene from a Listeria Bacteriophage....Pages 427-431
Transformation of Enterococcus faecalis OGIX with the Plasmid pMB2 Encoding for the Peptide Antibiotic AS-48, by Protoplast Fusion and Regeneration on Calcium Alginate....Pages 433-434
NMR Studies of Lantibiotics: The Three-Dimensional Structure of Nisin in Aqueous Solution....Pages 435-447
Localization and Phenotypic Expression of Genes Involved in the Biosynthesis of the Lactococcus Lactis subsp. Lactis Lantibiotic Nisin....Pages 449-461
Expression of Nisin in Bacillus Subtilis ....Pages 463-472
Tn 5301 , A Lactococcal Transposon Encoding Genes for Nisin Biosynthesis....Pages 473-477
Development of Yeast Inhibitory Compounds for Incorporation into Silage Inoculants....Pages 479-485
The excC and excD genes of Escherichia coli K-12 encode the peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein (PAL) and the TolQ protein, respectively....Pages 487-491
Resistance and Tolerance of Bacteria to E Colicins....Pages 493-502
Construction and Characterization of Chimeric Proteins Between Pyocins and Colicin E3....Pages 503-504
Colicins as Anti-tumour Drugs....Pages 505-510
Back Matter....Pages 511-524