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The proteolytic system of lactic acid bacteria revisited: a genomic comparison
- Mengjin Liu, J. Bayjanov, Bernadet Renckens, A. Nauta, R. Siezen
- Biology, Medicine
- BMC Genomics
- 15 January 2010
BackgroundLactic acid bacteria (LAB) are a group of gram-positive, lactic acid producing Firmicutes. They have been extensively used in food fermentations, including the production of various dairy… Expand
Comparative Genomics of Enzymes in Flavor-Forming Pathways from Amino Acids in Lactic Acid Bacteria
- Mengjin Liu, A. Nauta, C. Francke, R. Siezen
- Biology, Medicine
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- 6 June 2008
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have been widely used as starter or nonstarter cultures in the dairy industry for over a thousand years. They play an essential role in flavor formation during the… Expand
The Lactococcus lactis CodY Regulon
- C. D. den Hengst, S. V. van Hijum, J. M. Geurts, A. Nauta, J. Kok, O. Kuipers
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of Biological Chemistry
- 7 October 2005
CodY of Lactococcus lactis MG1363 is a transcriptional regulator that represses the expression of several genes encoding proteins of the proteolytic system. DNA microarray analysis, comparing the… Expand
Homeostasis of the gut barrier and potential biomarkers
- J. Wells, R. J. Brummer, +10 authors C. Garcia-Rodenas
- Biology, Medicine
- American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal…
- 1 December 2016
The gut barrier plays a crucial role by spatially compartmentalizing bacteria to the lumen through the production of secreted mucus and is fortified by the production of secretory IgA (sIgA) and… Expand
Sequence analysis and molecular characterization of the temperate lactococcal bacteriophage r1t
- Douwe Sinderen, H. Karsens, +4 authors A. Nauta
- Biology, Medicine
- Molecular microbiology
- 1 March 1996
The temperate lactococcal bacteriophage r1t was isolated from its lysogenic host and its genome was subjected to nucleotide sequence analysis. The linear r1t genome is composed of 33 350 bp and was… Expand
Identification and Characterization of Two Novel Clostridial Bacteriocins, Circularin A and Closticin 574
- R. Kemperman, A. Kuipers, H. Karsens, A. Nauta, O. Kuipers, J. Kok
- Biology, Medicine
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- 1 March 2003
ABSTRACT Two novel antibacterial peptides of clostridial species were purified, N-terminally sequenced, and characterized. Moreover, their structural genes were identified. Closticin 574 is an… Expand
Probing direct interactions between CodY and the oppD promoter of Lactococcus lactis.
- C. D. den Hengst, Peter Curley, +5 authors J. Kok
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of bacteriology
- 15 January 2005
CodY of Lactococcus lactis MG1363 is a transcriptional regulator that represses the expression of several genes encoding proteins of the proteolytic system. These genes include pepN, pepC, opp-pepO1,… Expand
Functional Analysis of the Gene Cluster Involved in Production of the Bacteriocin Circularin A by Clostridium beijerinckii ATCC 25752
- R. Kemperman, M. Jonker, A. Nauta, O. Kuipers, J. Kok
- Biology, Medicine
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- 1 October 2003
ABSTRACT A region of 12 kb flanking the structural gene of the cyclic antibacterial peptide circularin A of Clostridium beijerinckii ATCC 25752 was sequenced, and the putative proteins involved in… Expand
Towards microbial fermentation metabolites as markers for health benefits of prebiotics
- K. Verbeke, A. Boobis, +7 authors K. Tuohy
- Biology, Medicine
- Nutrition research reviews
- 1 June 2015
Available evidence on the bioactive, nutritional and putative detrimental properties of gut microbial metabolites has been evaluated to support a more integrated view of how prebiotics might affect… Expand
Combining Chemoinformatics with Bioinformatics: In Silico Prediction of Bacterial Flavor-Forming Pathways by a Chemical Systems Biology Approach “Reverse Pathway Engineering”
- Mengjin Liu, B. Bienfait, +4 authors J. M. Geurts
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 8 January 2014
The incompleteness of genome-scale metabolic models is a major bottleneck for systems biology approaches, which are based on large numbers of metabolites as identified and quantified by metabolomics.… Expand