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 over the past ten years.
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G C B, Sahukhal GS, Elasri MO. Role of the msaABCR Operon in Cell Wall Biosynthesis, Autolysis, Integrity, and Antibiotic Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019 10; 63(10).
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Sahukhal GS, Batte JL, Elasri MO. msaABCR operon positively regulates biofilm development by repressing proteases and autolysis in Staphylococcus aureus. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2015 Feb; 362(4).