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N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase

Known as: N Acetylmuramoyl L alanine Amidase, LE Enzyme, Amidase, N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine 
An autolytic enzyme bound to the surface of bacterial cell walls. It catalyzes the hydrolysis of the link between N-acetylmuramoyl residues and L… 
National Institutes of Health

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Narrower (10)

Auto autolysin, Listeria monocytogenesCwlD protein, Bacillus subtilisEJL amidaseL-11 cell wall lytic enzyme

Broader (1)

Autolysin
In BloodPGLYRP2 geneProcess of secretionantagonists & inhibitors

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2010
2010
Characterization of Acp, a Peptidoglycan Hydrolase of Clostridium perfringens with N-Acetylglucosaminidase Activity That Is Implicated in Cell Separation and Stress-Induced Autolysis
ABSTRACT This work reports the characterization of the first known peptidoglycan hydrolase (Acp) produced mainly during… 
2009
2009
Substrate-Induced Inactivation of the Escherichia coli AmiD N-Acetylmuramoyl-l-Alanine Amidase Highlights a New Strategy To Inhibit This Class of Enzyme
ABSTRACT In the eubacterial cell, the peptidoglycan is perpetually hydrolyzed throughout the cell cycle by different enzymes such… 
2004
2004
Use of Monoclonal Antibodies That Recognize p60 for Identification of Listeria monocytogenes
ABSTRACT Listeria monocytogenes causes major food-borne outbreaks of disease worldwide. Specific identification of this… 
2004
2004
Analysis of the Peptidoglycan Hydrolase Complement of Lactococcus lactis: Identification of a Third N-Acetylglucosaminidase, AcmC
ABSTRACT The peptidoglycan hydrolase (PGH) complement of Lactococcus lactis was identified by amino acid sequence similarity… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The Listeria monocytogenes-secreted p60 Protein Is an N-end Rule Substrate in the Cytosol of Infected Cells
Cytosolic antigen degradation is an initial step in the generation of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I-associated… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Sequence analysis of a Staphylococcus aureus gene encoding a peptidoglycan hydrolase activity.
1988
1988
Comparative susceptibility of a peptidoglycan monomer from Brevibacterium divaricatum and its anhydromuramyl analogue to hydrolysis with N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase. Isolation and…
1983
1983
N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase of Escherichia coli K12. Possible physiological functions.
Various experiments were carried out in an attempt to determine the possible physiological function of the N-acetylmuramoyl-L… 
1981
1981
The metabolic fate of 14C-labeled immunoadjuvant peptidoglycan monomer. II. In vitro studies.
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Chemical analyses of mycobacterial cell walls.
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