Lanthionine-containing peptide antibiotic (lantibiotic) active on Gram-positive bacteria. The bactericidal activity of lantibiotics is based on depolarization of energized bacterial cytoplasmic membranes, initiated by the formation of aqueous transmembrane pores. When present individually lacticin 3147 A1 exhibits strong activity towards L.lactis strain AM2, weak activity towards L.lactis strain HP and no activity towards L.lactis strain IFPL359, but when combined with lacticin 3147 A2 it displays strong activity towards all three strains. Maturation of lantibiotics involves the enzymatic conversion of Thr, and Ser into dehydrated AA and the formation of thioether bonds with cysteine. This is followed by membrane translocation and cleavage of the modified precursor. It is not established whether the 2,3-didehydrobutyrines are the E- or Z-isomers (PubMed:15023056 and PubMed:10608807). In the NMR model they were assumed to be the Z-isomer.