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Muramidase in Polycythemia Vera [PDF]
Blood, 1970 Abstract The serum muramidase levels of 45 patients with polycythemia vera were found to be significantly elevated above the values in 20 normal subjects. The patients with polycythemia vera who were studied included those with active disease, those controlled with myelosuppressive agents and those in the spent phase.
R A, Binder, H S, Gilbert
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Fungal lysozyme leverages the gut microbiota to curb DSS-induced colitis
Gut Microbes, 2021 Colitis is characterized by colonic inflammation and impaired gut health. Both features aggravate obesity and insulin resistance. Host defense peptides (HDPs) are key regulators of gut homeostasis and generally malfunctioning in above-mentioned ...
Ida Søgaard Larsen +13 more
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Resistance to mucosal lysozyme compensates for the fitness deficit of peptidoglycan modifications by Streptococcus pneumoniae. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2008 The abundance of lysozyme on mucosal surfaces suggests that successful colonizers must be able to evade its antimicrobial effects. Lysozyme has a muramidase activity that hydrolyzes bacterial peptidoglycan and a non-muramidase activity attributable to ...
Kimberly M Davis +3 more
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Applications of Lysozyme, an Innate Immune Defense Factor, as an Alternative Antibiotic
Antibiotics, 2021 Lysozyme is a ~14 kDa protein present in many mucosal secretions (tears, saliva, and mucus) and tissues of animals and plants, and plays an important role in the innate immunity, providing protection against bacteria, viruses, and fungi.
Patrizia Ferraboschi +2 more
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Antibiotics, 2021 Clostridium perfringens is an often-harmful intestinal bacterium that causes various diseases ranging from food poisoning to life-threatening fulminant disease.
H. Sekiya +5 more
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Rearing system, utility type and hens’ age as a factor modifying lysozyme's hydrolytic activity [PDF]
Roczniki Naukowe Polskiego Towarzystwa Zootechnicznego, 2021 The aim of study was to analyze the impact of the utility type, age and rearing system of hens on egg quality traits and the enzymatic activity of egg albumen lysozyme (LA). The material consisted of 120 eggs from two genotypes of hens: Hy-Line Brown and
Karolina Wengerska +4 more
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Pesticin displays muramidase activity [PDF]
Journal of Bacteriology, 1997 Pesticin of Yersinia pestis is the only bacteriocin that converts sensitive cells to stable spheroplasts. The amino acid sequence of pesticin as derived from the nucleotide sequence shows no similarity to those of any of the bacteriocins. The unique properties of pesticin prompted an investigation of its mode of action.
Vollmer W +4 more
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Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, 2021 This study evaluates peptidoglycan hydrolysis by a microbial muramidase from the fungus Acremonium alcalophilum in vitro and in the gastrointestinal tract of broiler chickens.
Carsten Østergaard Frederiksen +10 more
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Structural insights into thrombolytic activity of destabilase from medicinal leech
Scientific Reports, 2023 Destabilase from the medical leech Hirudo medicinalis belongs to the family of i-type lysozymes. It has two different enzymatic activities: microbial cell walls destruction (muramidase activity), and dissolution of the stabilized fibrin (isopeptidase ...
Egor Marin +14 more
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