Diversity of bacteriocins in the microbiome of the Tucuruí Hydroelectric Power Plant water reservoir and three-dimensional structure prediction of a zoocin

• Published in: Genetics and molecular biology Vol. 45; no. 1; p. e20210204
• Main Authors: Costa, Sávio S., Lago, Leticia, A. B., Silva, Artur, Graças, Diego A. das, Lameira, Jerônimo, Baraúna, Rafael A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Sociedade Brasileira de Genetica 01.01.2022; Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
• Subjects: Antiinfectives and antibacterials; Antimicrobial peptides; Bacteriocin; Bacteriocins; BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; Biodegradation; Euphotic zone; Genes; Genetic of Microorganisms; GENETICS & HEREDITY; Helices; Hydroelectric plants; Hydroelectric power; Microbiomes; Molecular dynamics; Molecular modelling; Peptides; Peptidoglycans; rRNA 16S; Substrates; Tucuruí-HPP; Water circulation; Water column; whole metagenome sequencing; Zinc; Zoocin; Tucuruí-HPP; Zoocin; whole metagenome sequencing; Bacteriocin

Bacteriocins are antimicrobial peptides expressed by bacteria through ribosomal activity. In this study, we analyzed the diversity of bacteriocin-like genes in the Tucuruí-HPP using a whole-metagenome shotgun sequencing approach. Three layers of the water column were analyzed (photic, aphotic and se...