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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Peptidoglycan biosynthesis and remodeling revisited. Adv Appl Microbiol. 2020; 112:67-103.
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Detection of Pneumococcal DNA in Blood by Polymerase Chain Reaction for Diagnosing Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Young Children From Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 15; 64(suppl_3):S347-S356.
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An Amidase_3 domain-containing N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase is required for mycobacterial cell division. Sci Rep. 2017 04 25; 7(1):1140.
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Use of 2 pneumococcal common protein real-time polymerase chain reaction assays in healthy children colonized with Streptococcus pneumoniae. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2011 Aug; 70(4):452-4.
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Resuscitation-promoting factors as lytic enzymes for bacterial growth and signaling. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2010 Feb; 58(1):39-50.