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Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2013
Bacterial shape has always been hypothesized to play an important role in the biology of a species and in the ability of certain bacteria to influence human health. The recent discovery of peptidoglycan hydrolases that modulate shape has now allowed this hypothesis to be addressed directly.
Erin Gaynor, Emilisa Frirdich
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The autolytic peptidoglycan hydrolases of Streptococcus faecium

Annales de l'Institut Pasteur / Microbiologie, 1985
Streptococcus faecium ATCC 9790 possesses two peptidoglycan hydrolase activities. The first enzyme, an N-acetylmuramoylhydrolase, has been purified and has been shown to be a glucoenzyme. Studies of hydrolysis of soluble, linear uncross-linked peptidoglycan chains showed that the enzyme bound strongly to the non-reducing ends of the chains and then ...
G D, Shockman +3 more
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Bacterial Walls, Peptidoglycan Hydrolases, Autolysins, and Autolysis

Microbial Drug Resistance, 1996
ABSTRACT Knowledge of the chemistry, ultrastructure, biosynthesis, assembly, and function of bacterial cell walls has expanded enormously since the opening of this field of research approximately 40 years ago, primarily by the early work of Milton Salton.
SHOCKMAN G. D. +3 more
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The structural peptidoglycan hydrolase gp181 of bacteriophage φKZ

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2008
Gp181 (2237 amino acids) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophage phiKZ (Myoviridae) is a structural virion protein, which bears a peptidoglycan hydrolase domain near its C-terminus. This protein is supposed to degrade the peptidoglycan locally during the infection process.
Yves, Briers +6 more
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