Fragment of L. lactis plasmid conferring antiphage activity and uses thereof
AssigneeUniversite Laval
InventorsSylvain Moineau, Julie Bouchard, Éric Dion
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a 2227-bp DNA fragment that confers antiphage activity. Two proteins encoded by this DNA sequence are responsible for the phage resistance phenotype. When introduced in Lactococcus lactis phage-sensitive strain, this DNA fragment aborts infection of phages of the 936 and P335 species.
Claims5
An isolated protein comprising an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 and an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.
A bacterium transformed with a vector containing a DNA encoding a first polypeptide having a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, and a second polypeptide having a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.
A method for conferring phage resistance to a bacteria comprising introducing into said bacteria a vector encoding a first protein and a second protein, said first protein having an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 and said second protein having an amino acid as set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.
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