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SUBMITTER: Schuch R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3863392 | biostudies-literature | 2009
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schuch Raymond R Fischetti Vincent A VA Nelson Daniel C DC
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 20090101
Lysins are phage-encoded, peptidoglycan (cell wall) hydrolases that accumulate in the bacterial cytoplasm during a lytic infection cycle. Late during infection, the lysins undergo holin-mediated translocation across the inner membrane into the peptidoglycan matrix where they cleave cell wall covalent bonds required for wall stability and allow bacterial lysis and progeny phage release. This potent hydrolytic activity is now the foundation of a powerful genetic-based screening process for the ide ...[more]