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Table 2 Relevant properties of proteins with possible antibacterial activity coded in the genome of L. mesenteroides P45

From: In vitro and in vivo probiotic assessment of Leuconostoc mesenteroides P45 isolated from pulque, a Mexican traditional alcoholic beverage

Protein

Relevant characteristics

GenBank accession

Length (amino acids)

Theoretical molecular mass (kDa)

Organisms/strains sharing identical proteinsa

Pre-bacteriocin

Contains an Enterocin A immunity related protein motif

KGB49729

100

11.58

L. mesenteroides Wikim17 and KFRI-MG strains

Peptide ABC transporter ATP-binding protein.

ABC-type bacteriocin transporter

KGB49933

214

24.08

Not present in other organisms

Muramidase

Contains a LysM motif involved in binding to peptidoglycan

KGB50187

390

39.26

Not present in other organisms

1,4-β-N-acetylmuramidase

Lysozyme activity: Catalysis of the hydrolysis of the β-(1,4) linkages between N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetyl-d-glucosamine residues in a peptidoglycanb

KGB50379

245

26.94

L. mesenteroides KFRI-MG

N-acetylmuramidase

Flagellum-specific peptidoglycan hydrolase FlgJ

KGB50418

212

23.93

L. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides ATCC 8293 and LbE16; L. mesenteroides Wikim17

1,4-β-N-acetylmuramidase

Cpl-1 lysin (also known as Cpl-9 lysozyme/muramidase) type enzyme. Bacterial cell wall endolysin which cleaves the glycosidic N-acetylmuramoyl-β-(1,4)-N-acetylglucosamine of glycan chain

KGB50910

363

39.72

Not present in other organisms

N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase

Is an autolysin that hydrolyzes the amide bond between N-acetylmuramoyl and l-amino acids in certain cell-wall glycopeptides

KGB50968

287

31.73

Not present in other organisms

1,4-β-N-acetylmuramidase

Related to AtlA, an autolysin found in Gram-positive LAB that degrades bacterial cell walls by catalyzing the hydrolysis of 1,4-beta-linkages between N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetyl-d-glucosamine residues

KGB51092

437

48.94

Not present in other organisms

  1. aInformation retrieved from the Conserved Protein Domain Family using the NCBI server. bInformation retrieved from the identical proteins tool using the NCBI server