Title: | "Isolation and structure of the Enterococcus faecalis sex pheromone, cOB1, that induces conjugal transfer of the hemolysin/bacteriocin plasmids, pOB1 and pYI1" |
Author(s): | Nakayama J; Abe Y; Ono Y; Isogai A; Suzuki A; |
Address: | "Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan" |
Journal Title: | Biosci Biotechnol Biochem |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0916-8451 (Print) 0916-8451 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "A bacterial sex pheromone, cOB1, which induces conjugal transfer of the Enterococcus faecalis hemolysin-bacteriocin (Hly/Bac) plasmid, pOB1, was isolated from the culture broth of pOB1-free E. faecalis. Its structure was found to be a hydrophobic octapeptide, H-Val-Ala-Val-Leu-Val-Leu-Gly-Ala-OH. The cOB1 peptide induced the mating response of not only pOB1 but also another incompatibility group Hly/Bac plasmid, pYI1" |
Keywords: | "Amino Acid Sequence Bacterial Proteins/genetics/*isolation & purification Bacteriocins/*genetics Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid *Conjugation, Genetic Enterococcus faecalis/*chemistry/genetics Hemolysin Proteins/*genetics Molecular Sequence Data *Pla;" |
Notes: | "MedlineNakayama, J Abe, Y Ono, Y Isogai, A Suzuki, A eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 1995/04/01 Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 1995 Apr; 59(4):703-5. doi: 10.1271/bbb.59.703" |