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. 2021 Dec 29;14(1):76. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14010076

Table 3.

Primary structures of nisin natural analogues. The changes in amino acids compared to nisin A are highlighted in yellow (not valid for Nisin J).

Natural nisin analogues represented with a primary structure
(Reproduced with permission from [147,155], ASM Journals, Washington, USA, 2020 and Springer Nature, London, UK, 2020)
Production strain
[7,155]
Molecular weight [Da] [147]
Nisin A graphic file with name pharmaceutics-14-00076-i001.jpg Lactococcus lactis (dairy products) 3354
Nisin Z graphic file with name pharmaceutics-14-00076-i002.jpg Lactococcus lactis NIZO 22,186 (dairy products) 3331
Nisin F graphic file with name pharmaceutics-14-00076-i003.jpg Lactococcus lactis F10 (fish gut) 3315
Nisin Q graphic file with name pharmaceutics-14-00076-i004.jpg Lactococcus lactis 61–14 (Japanese river water) 3327
Nisin H graphic file with name pharmaceutics-14-00076-i005.jpg Streptococcus hyointestinalis (porcine intestine) 3453
Nisin O
A1-A3
graphic file with name pharmaceutics-14-00076-i006.jpg Blautia obeum A2–162 (human gastrointestinal tract) 3546
Nisin O
A4
graphic file with name pharmaceutics-14-00076-i007.jpg Blautia obeum A2–162 (human gastrointestinal tract) 3259
Nisin U graphic file with name pharmaceutics-14-00076-i008.jpg Streptococcus uberis 42 (bovine mammary secretions) 3029
Nisin U2 graphic file with name pharmaceutics-14-00076-i009.jpg Streptococcus uberis D536 (bovine mammary secretions) 3015
Nisin P graphic file with name pharmaceutics-14-00076-i010.jpg Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. Pasteurianus (alimentary tract of ruminants) 2989
Nisin J graphic file with name pharmaceutics-14-00076-i011.jpg Staphylococcus capitis APC 2923 (human skin) 3458