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Rombocin, a Short Stable Natural Nisin Variant, Displays Selective Antimicrobial Activity against Listeria monocytogenes and Employs a Dual Mode of Action to Kill Target Bacterial Strains.
ACS synthetic biology - 19 Jan 2024
Guo Longcheng, Wambui Joseph, Wang Chenhui, Broos Jaap, Stephan Roger, Kuipers Oscar P
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Nisin, with its unique mode of action and potent antimicrobial activity, serves as a remarkable inspiration for the design of novel antibiotics. However, peptides possess inherent weaknesses, particularly their susceptibility to proteolytic degradation, such as by trypsin, which limits their broader applications. This led us to speculate that natural variants of nisin produced by underexplored bacterial species...
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