6.2.1.54 - 6.2.1.54 dltA, enzymes of D-alanine metabolism are encoded in the dltA operon, DNA and amino acid sequence determination and analysis, a functional dlt operon confers resistance to nisin and gallidermin 6.2.1.54 expressed in Escherichia coli as a His-tagged fusion protein 6.2.1.54 overexpression of DltA and DltC in Escherichia coli 6.2.1.54 the pET28a vector is used