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Lytic transglycosylases: Bacterial space-making autolysins
The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, 2008 Lytic transglycosylases are an important class of bacterial enzymes that act on peptidoglycan with the same substrate specificity as lysozyme. Unlike the latter enzymes, however, the lytic transglycosylases are not hydrolases but instead cleave the glycosidic linkage between N-actetylmuramoyl and N-acetylglucosaminyl residues with the concomitant ...
Scheurwater, Edie +2 more
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Characterization ofHelicobacter pyloriLytic Transglycosylases Slt and MltD [PDF]
Journal of Bacteriology, 2007 ABSTRACTPeptidoglycan (PG) is a cell wall heteropolymer that is essential for cell integrity. PG hydrolases participate in correct assembly of the PG layer and have been shown to be required for cell division, cell daughter separation, and maintenance of bacterial morphology. In silico analysis of theHelicobacter pylorigenome resulted in identification
Chaput, Catherine +2 more
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The structure of a resuscitation-promoting factor domain from Mycobacterium tuberculosis shows homology to lysozymes [PDF]
, 2005 Resuscitation-promoting factor (RPF) proteins reactivate stationary-phase cultures of (G+C)-rich Gram-positive bacteria including the causative agent of tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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Subcellular distribution of the soluble lytic transglycosylase in Escherichia coli [PDF]
Journal of Bacteriology, 1991 The localization of the major autolytic enzyme, the soluble lytic transglycosylase, in the different cell compartments of Escherichia coli was investigated by immunoelectron microscopy. Ultrathin sections were labeled with a specific antiserum against purified soluble lytic transglycosylase, and the antibody-enzyme complexes were visualized with ...
Walderich, B., Höltje, J.
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Bactericidal effect of nanostructures via lytic transglycosylases of Escherichia coli
RSC Advances, 2022 The time profiles of active cell ratios depended on the growth phase and the absence of some lytic transglycosylases of E. coli. Significant cell damage was not found on the autolysis inhibition condition.
Soma Mimura +4 more
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A SpoIID Homolog Cleaves Glycan Strands at the Chlamydial Division Septum
mBio, 2019 Chlamydiales species are obligate intracellular bacteria lacking a classical peptidoglycan sacculus but relying on peptidoglycan synthesis for cytokinesis.
Nicolas Jacquier +5 more
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Bacteriophage-encoded virion-associated enzymes to overcome the carbohydrate barriers during the infection process [PDF]
, 2017 Bacteriophages are bacterial viruses that infect the host after successful receptor recognition and adsorption to the cell surface. The irreversible adherence followed by genome material ejection into host cell cytoplasm must be preceded by the passage ...
Briers, Yves +4 more
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Comparative Genomics of 9 Novel Paenibacillus Larvae Bacteriophages [PDF]
, 2016 American Foulbrood Disease, caused by the bacterium Paenibacillus larvae, is one of the most destructive diseases of the honeybee, Apis mellifera. Our group recently published the sequences of 9 new phages with the ability to infect and lyse P.
Amy, Penny S. +4 more
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Molecular characterisation, evolution and expression analysis of g-type lysozymes in Ciona intestinalis [PDF]
, 2017 Lysozyme is an important defense molecule of the innate immune system. Known for its bactericidal properties, lysozyme catalyzes the hydrolysis of b-(1,4)-glycosidic bonds between the N-acetyl glucosamine and N-acetyl muramic acid in the peptidoglycan ...
Cammarata, M., Di Falco, F., Vizzini, A.
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Viruses, 2020 Staphylococcal bacteriophages of the Kayvirus genus are candidates for therapeutic applications. One of their proteins, Tgl, is slightly similar to two staphylococcal virulence factors, secreted autolysins of lytic transglycosylase motifs IsaA and SceD ...
Aleksandra Głowacka-Rutkowska +5 more
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