Two component Bacillus lantibiotic and methods for producing and using the same

Wilfred A van der Donk (Inventor), Amanda L. McClerren (Inventor), Lisa E. Cooper (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

The present invention relates to two-component lantibiotics isolated from Bacillus sp. Methods for producing said lantibiotics are provided, wherein dehydration and cyclization of the peptides is carried out by two substrate-specific modifying enzymes. Given the antimicrobial activity of the instant lantibiotics, methods for preventing or treating bacterial infections are also provided.
Original languageEnglish (US)
U.S. patent number7985837
Filing date10/31/07
StatePublished - Jul 26 2011

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