Reaction: a peptidoglycan chain = a peptidoglycan chain with N-acetyl-1,6-anhydromuramyl-(peptide) at the reducing end + a peptidoglycan chain with N-acetylglucosamine at the non-reducing end
Other name(s): lytic murein transglycosylase; endolytic murein transglycosylase; lytic transglycosylase; endolytic transglycosylase; MtlA; MltB; MltC; MltD; MltE; MltF; MltG; Slt; RlpA; SleB; SpoIID
Systematic name: peptidoglycan N-acetylmuramate—N-acetyl-β-D-glucosamine lyase
Comments: A group of bacterial enzymes that catalyse the non-hydrolytic cleavage of peptidoglycan (PG). The enzymes fragment the polysaccharide chain at the β-1,4-glycosidic bond between N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetylglucosamine residues by an intramolecular cyclization of the N-acetylmuramyl moiety to yield a 1,6-anhydro-N-acetyl-β-D-muramyl product. Includes endolytic transglycosylase activity that fragments the glycan chain internally and exolytic transgylcosylase activity that cleaves a terminal disaccharide from the end of the glycan strand. The MtlG enzyme of Gram-negative bacteria may function to regulate glycan strand length within the PG polymer.
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References:
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