Abstract
A novel bacteriocin, lactococcin MMFII, produced by Lactococcus lactis MMFII isolated from a Tunisian dairy product had been identified. The bacteriocin was purified to homogeneity from fresh overnight M17 broth culture by sulfate ammonium precipitation, cation-exchange chromatography, sep-pack chromatography and two steps of reverse-phase chromatography. The purified bacteriocin was heat stable, pH resistant and protease sensitive. Its amino acid sequence, obtained by Edman degradation, revealed a 37-amino acid peptide with two cysteine residues in positions 9 and 14 and a calculated mass of 4144.6 Da. Laser desorption mass spectrometry analysis gave a molecular mass of 4142.6, suggesting the presence of a disulfide bond within the purified bacteriocin. Lactococcin MMFII contains the N-terminal YGNGV consensus motif and is active against Listeria. Thus, it belongs to the class IIa bacteriocins figuring the first example of such a bacteriocin produced by a lactococcal strain.
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