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Dafna11 [192]
3 years ago
7

Lysozyme, an enzyme found in human saliva, tears, and other secretions, catalyzes the hydrolysis of the β-1,4-glycosidic linkag

es in peptidoglycan. Predict the effect of this enzyme on bacteria.
Biology
1 answer:
lina2011 [118]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

Lysozyme is also known as muraidase which is an antimicrobial enzyme produced as a product of the innate immunity.

Lysozyme is a glycoside hydrolase which catalyses the hydrolysis of 1,4 beta linkage which lies in between  N-acetyl -D-glucosamine(NAG) and N-acetylmuramic acid( NAM )residues which main component of gram positive bacterial cell wall.

Which inturn leads to the lysis of the bacterial cell and protects the body from various types of the bacterial infections.

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