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Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Amidohydrolases > N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase

Preferred term

N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Amidohydrolase, Mucopeptide
  • Hydrolase, Murein
  • Hydrolase, Peptidoglycan
  • LE Enzyme
  • LE-Enzyme
  • Mucopeptide Amidohydrolase
  • Murein Hydrolase
  • Peptidoglycan Hydrolase

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 91(79); was see under AMIDOHYDROLASES 1979-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009238

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