N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase
"N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D009238
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.087.030
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| Concept/Terms |
N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase- N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase
- Amidase, N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine
- N Acetylmuramoyl L alanine Amidase
- Mucopeptide Amidohydrolase
- Amidohydrolase, Mucopeptide
- Peptidoglycan Hydrolase
- Hydrolase, Peptidoglycan
- LE-Enzyme
- LE Enzyme
- Murein Hydrolase
- Hydrolase, Murein
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Raz A, Serrano A, Lawson C, Thaker M, Alston T, Bournazos S, Ravetch JV, Fischetti VA. Lysibodies are IgG Fc fusions with lysin binding domains targeting Staphylococcus aureus wall carbohydrates for effective phagocytosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 05 02; 114(18):4781-4786.