Bacteriocin: Enterocin Xalpha

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Bacteriocin: Enterocin Xalpha

Accession: BAC189

Classification
Class: Class IIb
Genetics
Gene: enxA
Producer and target organisms

Producer Organism: Enterococcus faecium (Streptococcus faecium) [Gram-positive]

Taxonomy: BacteriaFirmicutesLactobacillalesEnterococcaceaeEnterococcus

Target organismsGram-positive: - Enterococcus faecalis JCM 5803 (MIC=50.8nM) - Enterococcus faecalis OU510 (MIC=102nM) - Enterococcus faecium TUA 1344L (MIC=50.8nM) - Enterococcus hirae ATCC 10541 (MIC=50.8nM) - Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 14917 (MIC=102nM) - Lactobacillus sakei ssp. sakei JCM 1157 (MIC=50.8nM) - Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris ATCC 19257 (MIC=813nM) - Listeria innocua ATCC 33090 (MIC=25.4nM)

Description
entXα and entXβ encode a double-glycine-type prepeptide with an 18-residue leader sequence, representing the typical structure of class II bacteriocin prepeptides.
NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE, STRAIN=KU-B5.
PubMed=20418437;DOI=10.1128/AEM.02264-09
Hu C.-B., Malaphan W., Zendo T., Nakayama J., Sonomoto K.
"Enterocin X, a novel two-peptide bacteriocin from Enterococcus faecium KU-B5, has an antibacterial spectrum entirely different from those of its component peptides.", Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76:4542-4545(2010).
NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE, STRAIN=KU-B5.
Hu C., Malaphan W., Zendo T., Nakayama J., Sonomoto K.
"", Submitted (MAR-2008) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
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Gene structure
genome of Enterocin Xalpha

Gene idNameDescriptionLocation
BACGene872hypothetical protein ORFX1; hypothetical protein298..444
BACGene873hypothetical protein ORFX2; hypothetical proteincomplement(434..766)
BACGene874hypothetical protein ORFX3; hypothetical proteincomplement(763..978)
BACGene875enxAenterocin Xalpha prepeptide Alpha subunit of enterocin X (two-peptide bacteriocin)1255..1431
BACGene876enxBenterocin Xbeta Beta subunit of enterocin X (two-peptide bacteriocin)1450..1617
BACGene877enxBhypothetical protein ORFX4; hypothetical protein1732..1953
enxAenxBenxB
Protein sequence
 ........10 ........20 ........30 ........40 ........50 
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 SNDSLWYGVG QFMGKQANCI TNHPVKHMII PGYCLSKILG

Wheel representation
wheel representation of Enterocin Xalpha
Composition
Hydrophobicity

Composition
Formula C0 H0 N0 O0 S0
Absent amino acids ER
Common amino acids G
Mass (Da) 4420.1
Net charge +4
Isoelectric point 8.77
Basic residues 5
Acidic residues 1
Hydrophobic residues 12
Polar residues 16
Aliphatic residues 9
Tiny residues 9
Boman Index -17.14
Hydropathy Index 0.008
Aliphatic Index 85.25
Instability Index 21.72 (stable)
Half Life Mammalian : 1.9 hour
Yeast : >20 hour
E. coli : >10 hour
Extinction Coefficient 8605 M-1 cm-1
Absorbance 280nm 220.64

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