Heterologous expression of the Lactococcus lactis bacteriocin, nisin, in a dairy Enterococcus strain.

Abstract:

:The bacteriocin nisin is produced only by some strains of Lactococcus lactis, and to date production in other lactic acid bacteria has not been achieved. Enterococcus sp. strain N12beta is a nisin-immune transconjugant obtained from a nisin-producing donor (L. lactis ATCC 11454) and a dairy recipient (Enterococcus sp. strain S12beta), but it does not produce nisin. In this study, using PCR amplification, we confirmed that the whole nisin operon is likely present in Enterococcus sp. strain N12beta. Northern hybridization of total RNA from strain N12beta with a nisA probe and the results of reverse transcriptase PCR showed the lack of nisA transcription in this strain. However, nisA transcription was partially restored in strain N12beta upon growth in the presence of exogenous nisin, and the nisA transcription signal was intensified after an increase in the external nisin level. Furthermore, bioassays showed that active nisin was produced in a dose-dependent fashion by strain N12beta following induction by exogenous nisin. These results indicated that expression of the nisin genes in Enterococcus sp. strain N12beta depended on autoinduction via signal transduction. However, the amount of external inducing signal required was significantly greater than the amount needed for autoinduction in L. lactis.

journal_name

Appl Environ Microbiol

authors

Li H,O'Sullivan DJ

doi

10.1128/aem.68.7.3392-3400.2002

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-07-01 00:00:00

pages

3392-400

issue

7

eissn

0099-2240

issn

1098-5336

journal_volume

68

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