EC 3.2.1.17: Lysozyme
Reaction catalysed:
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
Systematic name:
Peptidoglycan N-acetylmuramoylhydrolase
Alternative Name(s):
- 1,4-N-acetylmuramidase
- Globulin G
- Globulin G1
- L-7001
- Lysozyme g
- Mucopeptide N-acetylmuramoylhydrolase
- Mucopeptide glucohydrolase
- Muramidase
- N,O-diacetylmuramidase
- PR1-lysozyme
GO terms
Biochemical function:
Biological process:
- obsolete catabolism by organism of cell wall peptidoglycan in other organism
- defense response to Gram-positive bacterium
- defense response to Gram-negative bacterium
- defense response to bacterium
- killing of cells of another organism
- cell wall macromolecule catabolic process
- RNA-templated DNA biosynthetic process
- adaptive immune response
Protein families (Pfam)
![The deposited structure of PDB entry 2znx contains 2 copies of Pfam domain PF00062 (C-type lysozyme/alpha-lactalbumin family) in Lysozyme C. Showing 1 copy in chain B [auth Y].](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbe/static/entry/2znx_2_Y_Pfam_PF00062_image-200x200.png "The deposited structure of PDB entry <span class='highlight'>2znx</span> contains 2 copies of Pfam domain <span class='highlight'>PF00062 (C-type lysozyme/alpha-lactalbumin family)</span> in <span class='highlight'>Lysozyme C</span>. Showing 1 copy in chain <span class='highlight'>B [auth Y]</span>.")
InterPro annotations
CATH domains
![The deposited structure of PDB entry 2znx contains 2 copies of CATH domain 1.10.530.10 (Lysozyme) in Lysozyme C. Showing 1 copy in chain B [auth Y].](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbe/static/entry/2znx_2_Y_CATH_1.10.530.10_image-200x200.png "The deposited structure of PDB entry <span class='highlight'>2znx</span> contains 2 copies of CATH domain <span class='highlight'>1.10.530.10 (Lysozyme)</span> in <span class='highlight'>Lysozyme C</span>. Showing 1 copy in chain <span class='highlight'>B [auth Y]</span>.")