| UniProt functional annotation for P00703 | |||
| UniProt code: P00703. |
| Organism: | Meleagris gallopavo (Wild turkey). | |
| Taxonomy: | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Archelosauria; Archosauria; Dinosauria; Saurischia; Theropoda; Coelurosauria; Aves; Neognathae; Galloanserae; Galliformes; Phasianidae; Meleagridinae; Meleagris. | |
| Function: | Lysozymes have primarily a bacteriolytic function; those in tissues and body fluids are associated with the monocyte-macrophage system and enhance the activity of immunoagents. | |
| Catalytic activity: | Reaction=Hydrolysis of (1->4)-beta-linkages between N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues in a peptidoglycan and between N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues in chitodextrins.; EC=3.2.1.17; | |
| Subunit: | Monomer. | |
| Subcellular location: | Secreted. | |
| Miscellaneous: | Lysozyme C is capable of both hydrolysis and transglycosylation; it shows also a slight esterase activity. It acts rapidly on both peptide-substituted and unsubstituted peptidoglycan, and slowly on chitin oligosaccharides. | |
| Similarity: | Belongs to the glycosyl hydrolase 22 family. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00680}. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.