Markus DeMartini, Simon Halegoua, Masayori Inouye
Abstract
Lysozymes produced in host cells infected with bacteriophages T3 and T5 were found to have the same enzymatic specificity toward the peptidoglycan from Escherichia coli as T7 phage lysozyme, which has been shown to be an N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase.
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Lysozymes produced in host cells infected with bacteriophages T3 and T5 were found to have the same enzymatic specificity toward the peptidoglycan from Escherichia coli as T7 phage lysozyme, which has been shown to be an N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase.
Key concepts: Lysozyme, Biology, Amidase, Peptidoglycan, Escherichia coli, Microbiology, Muramidase, Bacteriophage