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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Below are the most recent publications written about "N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase" by people in Profiles.
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Li-Korotky HS, Lo CY, Zeng FR, Lo D, Banks JM. Interaction of phase variation, host and pressure/gas composition: pneumococcal gene expression of PsaA, SpxB, Ply and LytA in simulated middle ear environments. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2009 Oct; 73(10):1417-22.
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Guiton PS, Hung CS, Kline KA, Roth R, Kau AL, Hayes E, Heuser J, Dodson KW, Caparon MG, Hultgren SJ. Contribution of autolysin and Sortase a during Enterococcus faecalis DNA-dependent biofilm development. Infect Immun. 2009 Sep; 77(9):3626-38.