Class II bacteriocin
Class II bacteriocins are a class of small peptides that inhibit the growth of various bacteria.
| Class II bacteriocin | |||||||||
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Three-dimensional structure of leucocin A, a type IIa bacteriocin. | |||||||||
| Identifiers | |||||||||
| Symbol | Bacteriocin_II | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF01721 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR002633 | ||||||||
| PROSITE | PDOC60030 | ||||||||
| SCOP2 | 3leu / SCOPe / SUPFAM | ||||||||
| TCDB | 1.C.24 | ||||||||
| OPM superfamily | 141 | ||||||||
| OPM protein | 1ohm | ||||||||
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Many Gram-positive bacteria produce ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial peptides, termed bacteriocins.
Bacteriocins for which disulfide bonds are the only modification to the peptide are Class II bacteriocins.
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