EC 3 - Hydrolases
EC 3.2 - Glycosylases
EC 3.2.1 - Glycosidases, i.e. enzymes hydrolyzing O- and S-glycosyl compounds
EC 3.2.1.17 - Lysozyme
IntEnz view
ENZYME view
IntEnz Enzyme Nomenclature
EC 3.2.1.17
Names
Accepted name:
lysozyme
Other
names:
1,4-N-acetylmuramidase
N,O-diacetylmuramidase
L-7001
PR1-lysozyme
globulin G
globulin G1
lysozyme g
mucopeptide N-acetylmuramoylhydrolase
mucopeptide glucohydrolase
muramidase
N,O-diacetylmuramidase
L-7001
PR1-lysozyme
globulin G
globulin G1
lysozyme g
mucopeptide N-acetylmuramoylhydrolase
mucopeptide glucohydrolase
muramidase
Systematic name:
peptidoglycan N-acetylmuramoylhydrolase
Reaction
- Hydrolysis of (1right4)-beta-linkages between N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues in a peptidoglycan and between N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues in chitodextrins
Comments:
cf. also EC 3.2.1.14 chitinase.
Links to other databases
Protein domains and families:
PROSITE:PDOC00119
,
PROSITE:PDOC00737
Gene Ontology:
GO:0003796
CAS Registry Number:
9001-63-2
References
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Crystallographic studies of the activity of hen egg-white lysozyme.Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B: Biol. Sci. 167 : 378-388 (1967). [PMID: 4382801]
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On the conformation of the hen egg-white lysozyme molecule.Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B: Biol. Sci. 167 : 365-377 (1967). [PMID: 4382800]
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Lysozyme.In: Boyer, P.D., Lardy, H. and Myrbäck, K. (Eds.) The Enzymes , 2nd ed. vol. 4 , Academic Press , New York , 1960 , 431-445
[EC 3.2.1.17 created 1961]