Pediocins
"Pediocins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Bacteriocins produced by species of PEDIOCOCCUS. They range from 3.5-4.6 kDa in mass, contain a conserved YGNGVXCXK motif and beta sheet at their N-terminals, and a more diverse hydrophobic or amphiphilic C-terminal alpha helical domain. They function as antimicrobial peptides against several pathogenic species of GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIA, including LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES and are useful as FOOD PRESERVATIVES.
| Descriptor ID |
D000070017
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.097.151.743 D12.776.543.695.110.850
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