Type AII lantibiotic bovicin HJ50 with a rare disulfide bond: structure, structure–activity relationships and mode of action
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The first spatial structure of type AII lantibiotics has been resolved, indicating that the globular region is still flexible. A novel antimicrobial mechanism of this type involving pore formation is elucidated, which is related with the rare disulfide bond in lantibiotics.