PMID: 1201752Jul 1, 1975Paper

Studies on the specificity of action of bacteriophage T4 lysozyme

European Journal of Biochemistry
D MirelmanH B Jensen

Abstract

Lysozyme from bacteriophage T4 was found to digest a soluble, uncrosslinked peptidoglycan which is secreted by cells of Micrococcus luteus when incubated in the presence of penicillin G. Analysis of the enzymatic degradation products shows that T4 acts as an endo-acetylmuramidase capable of cleaving glycosidic bonds only at muramic acid residues that are substituted with peptide side-chains. The results indicate that the secreted peptidoglycan may consist of a mixture of chains, approximately half of which are substituted by peptide side chains on most of their muramic acid residues, while the other half is made up of chains in which the muramic acid moieties are unsubstituted.

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Oct 1, 1981·European Journal of Biochemistry·G KleppeH B Jensen
Nov 1, 1980·European Journal of Biochemistry·S KawagishiE Ito
Jul 1, 1976·European Journal of Biochemistry·H B JensenD Mirelman
May 27, 2021·The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B·Sung Oh WooYongki Choi
Feb 22, 1995·Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta·H S DuewelJ F Honek
Jun 10, 1977·Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta·M SchindlerN Sharon
Aug 1, 1979·Journal of Bacteriology·D M Ferber, R R Brubaker

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