title: STAPHYLOLYTIC ENZYME FROM CHALAROPSIS: MECHANISM OF ACTION.
abstract: The staphylolytic enzyme recently isolated from cultures of a Chalaropsis species by Hash is shown to be an acetylmurainidase that cleaves all the glycosidic linkages of N-acetylmuramic acid and N,O-diacetylmuramic acid in the cell wall of Staphylococcus aureus strain Copenhagen. It is similar in specificity to the "32 enzyme" from Streptomyces albus but it differs from egg-white lysozyme whose activity is inhibited by the presence of O-acetyl groups.
mesh_terms: D002473:Cell Wall; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D009113:Muramidase; D010600:Pharmacology; D012106:Research; D013210:Staphylococcus; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus
chemical_list: D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D009113:Muramidase
keywords: EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MONILIALES; PHARMACOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS