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Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009238
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Preferred Name

N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase

Definitions
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.
Synonyms
Peptidoglycan amidohydrolase
Peptidoglycan Hydrolase
LE-Enzyme
Hydrolase, Peptidoglycan
Lysozyme, T7
N Acetylmuramoyl L alanine Amidase
T7 Endolysin
T7 Lysozyme
Amidohydrolase, Mucopeptide
Mucopeptide Amidohydrolase
Endolysin, T7
Amidase, N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine
Hydrolase, Murein
LE Enzyme
Murein Hydrolase
Autolysin
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