endolysin and autolysin. The dsDNA phages of eubacteria use endolysins or muralytic enzymes in conjunction with hollin, a small membrane protein, to degrade the peptidoglycan found in bacterial cell walls. Similarly, bacteria produce autolysins to facilitate the biosynthesis of its cell wall heteropolymer peptidoglycan and cell division. Endolysins and autolysins are found in viruses and bacteria, respectively. Both endolysin and autolysin enzymes cleave the glycosidic beta 1,4-bonds between the N-acetylmuramic acid and the N-acetylglucosamine of the peptidoglycan.
P1 lysozyme Lyz-like proteins. Enterobacteria phage P1 lysozyme Lyz is secreted to the Escherichia coli periplasm where it is membrane bound and inactive. Activation involves the release from the membrane, an intramolecular thiol-disulfide isomerization and extensive structural rearrangement of the N-terminal region. The dsDNA phages of eubacteria use endolysins or muralytic enzymes in conjunction with hollin, a small membrane protein, to degrade the peptidoglycan found in bacterial cell walls. Similarly, bacteria produce autolysins to facilitate the biosynthesis of its cell wall heteropolymer peptidoglycan and cell division. Endolysins and autolysins are found in viruses and bacteria, respectively. Both endolysin and autolysin enzymes cleave the glycosidic beta 1,4-bonds between the N-acetylmuramic acid and the N-acetylglucosamine of the peptidoglycan.
lysozyme-like C-terminal domain of pesticin. Pesticin (Pst) is an anti-bacterial toxin produced by Yersinia pestis that acts through uptake by the target related bacteria and the hydrolysis of peptidoglycan in the periplasm. Pst contains an N-terminal translocation domain, an intermediate receptor binding domain, and a phage-lysozyme like C-terminal activity domain. Bacteriocins such as pesticin are produced by gram-negative bacteria to attack related bacterial stains. Pst is transported to the periplasm via FyuA, an outer-membrane receptor of Y. pestis and E. coli, where it hydrolyzes peptidoglycan via the cleavage of N-acetylmuramic acid and C4 of N-acetylglucosamine. Disruption of the peptidoglycan layer renders the bacteria vulnerable to lysis via osmotic pressure. The pesticin C-terminal domain resembles the lysozyme-like family, which includes soluble lytic transglycosylases (SLT), goose egg-white lysozymes (GEWL), hen egg-white lysozymes (HEWL), chitinases, bacteriophage lambda lysozymes, endolysins, autolysins, and chitosanases. All the members are involved in the hydrolysis of beta-1,4- linked polysaccharides.