An autolytic enzyme bound to the surface of bacterial cell walls. It catalyzes the hydrolysis of the link between N-acetylmuramoyl residues and L-amino acid residues in certain cell wall glycopeptides, particularly peptidoglycan. EC 3.5.1.28.
Also Known As:
Autolysin; LE-Enzyme; Murein Hydrolase; Peptidoglycan Hydrolase; T7 Endolysin; T7 Lysozyme; Amidase, N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine; Amidohydrolase, Mucopeptide; Endolysin, T7; Hydrolase, Murein; Hydrolase, Peptidoglycan; LE Enzyme; Lysozyme, T7; N Acetylmuramoyl L alanine Amidase; Mucopeptide Amidohydrolase; Peptidoglycan amidohydrolase