Table 4 Distribution of mutacins and mutacin immunity proteins in the 10 mutans streptococci strains

Mutacin-SMB (lantibiotic mutacin)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

D822_07608 D822_07613

-

[47, 48]

Mutacin-I (lantibiotic mutacin)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

[49, 50]

Mutacin-II (lantibiotic mutacin)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

[51]

Mutacin-III (lantibiotic mutacin)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

[52]

Mutacin-K8 (lantibiotic mutacin)

-

GI|290579849 GI|290579848 GI|290579850

-

-

D818_07928 D818_07933 D818_07938

-

-

-

-

-

[53]

Mutacin-IV (NlmA)

SMU.150

-

D816_00655

D817_00675

D818_00659

-

D820_00642

D821_00661

-

-

[54]

Mutacin-IV (NlmB)

SMU.151

-

D816_00660

D817_00680

D818_00664

-

D820_00647

D821_00666

-

-

[54]

Mutacin-IV like (SMU.283)

SMU.283

GI|290581209

D816_01135

D817_01285

D818_01099

D819_01148

D820_01321

D821_01193

D822_03404

-

[8]

Immunity protein of Mutacin-IV

SMU.152

GI|290580110

D816_06832

D817_06998

D818_06649

D819_06637

D820_06850

D821_06847

D822_03264

D823_04636

[55, 56]

Mutacin-V (CipB)

SMU.1914c

GI|290579763

D816_08583

D817_08773

D818_08363

D819_07834

-

-

D822_03354

-

[55, 56]

CipI, immunity protein of CipB (Mutacin-V)

SMU.925

D816_04020

D817_04283

D818_04522

D819_04119

D820_04232

D821_04089

D822_03349

[55, 56]

Homolog of CipI

SMU.1913c

GI|290579764

D816_08578

D817_08768

D818_08358

D819_07829

D823_03992

[56]

SMU.423 possible bacteriocin

SMU.423

GI|290581063

D816_01775

D817_01930

D818_01847

D819_01823

D820_01975

D821_01862

D823_05348

[8]

NlmT/ComA transporting ATPase

SMU.286 SMU.1881c

GI|290581206 GI|290579788

D816_01150 D816_08453

D817_01300 D817_08643

D818_01134 -

D819_01163 D819_07724

D820_01336

-

D821_01208 D821_08449

D822_01584 D822_08325 -

D823_05343 D823_01400

[28, 29]

NlmE/ComB accessory factor for NlmT

SMU.287

GI|290581205

D816_01155

D817_01305

D818_01139

D819_01168

D820_01341

D821_01213

D822_01589

D823_05923

[28, 29]