Term Information

Accession
GO:0008933
Name
lytic transglycosylase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
peptidoglycan lytic transglycosylase activity, murein transglycosylase B activity
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the specific cleavage of the beta-(1->4) glycosidic linkage between N-acetylmuramyl and N-acetylglucosaminyl residues in peptidoglycan, with the concomitant formation of 1,6-anhydro-N-acetylmuramyl residues. Source: PMID:22748813, PMID:10964424
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0008933 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of lytic transglycosylase activity (GO:0008933)
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lytic transglycosylase activity [is_a relation] is_a  carbon-oxygen lyase activity, acting on polysaccharides (GO:0016837)
lytic transglycosylase activity [is_a relation] is_a  peptidoglycan muralytic activity (GO:0061783)
Children of lytic transglycosylase activity (GO:0008933)
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lytic endotransglycosylase activity (GO:0008932) [is_a relation] is_a  lytic transglycosylase activity
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