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1.C.20.2.2
Class I lantibiotic bacteriocin, Epilancin K7 precursor of 55 aas and 0 TMSs. It penetrates into the hydrophobic carbon region of the lipid bilayer upon the imposition of a delta psi and permeabilizes the bilayer (Driessen et al. 1995).

Accession Number:Q57312
Protein Name:ELKA
Length:55
Molecular Weight:5851.00
Species:Staphylococcus epidermidis [1282]
Location1 / Topology2 / Orientation3: Host membrane1
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Gene Ontology

GO:0005102 F:receptor binding
GO:0019835 P:cytolysis
GO:0042742 P:defense response to bacterium

References (1)

[1] “Elucidation of the primary structure of the lantibiotic epilancin K7 from Staphylococcus epidermidis K7. Cloning and characterisation of the epilancin-K7-encoding gene and NMR analysis of mature epilancin K7.”  Van de Kamp M.et.al.   7607233

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FASTA formatted sequence 
1:	MNNSLFDLNL NKGVETQKSD LSPQSASVLK TSIKVSKKYC KGVTLTCGCN ITGGK