Nucleotide sequence alignment of hdcA from Gram-positive bacteria

The decarboxylation of histidine -carried out mainly by some gram-positive bacteria- yields the toxic dietary biogenic amine histamine (Ladero et al. 2010 〈. 10.2174/157340110791233256〉 [1], Linares et al. 2016 〈. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.11.013〉 [2]). The reaction is catalyzed by a pyruvoyl-dependent histidine decarboxylase (Linares et al. 2011 〈. 10.1080/10408398.2011.582813〉 [3]), which is encoded by the gene hdcA. In order to locate conserved regions in the hdcA gene of Gram-positive bacteria, this article provides a nucleotide sequence alignment of all the hdcA sequences from Gram-positive bacteria present in databases. For further utility and discussion, see 〈. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.11.035〉 [4].This work was performed with the financial support of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (AGL2013-45431-R) and the Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation2013-2017 of the Principality of Asturias, which is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (GRUPIN14-137). M.D. was a beneficiary of an FPI fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.Peer Reviewe