title: Lysozymes' esterase activity.
abstract: A non-specific esterase activity of hen lysozyme (c-type) has previously been described: histidine was claimed to be involved in this activity. The present letter reports that a histidine-less lysozyme from the duck egg-white (c-type) as well as a goose lysozyme (g-type) possess such an esterase activity determined using p-nitrophenylacetate.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds; D002645:Chickens; D004372:Ducks; D004950:Esterases / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006639:Histidine; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009113:Muramidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D006639:Histidine; D004950:Esterases; D009113:Muramidase