CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily 1.10.530.40
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

3.2.1.17
Lysozyme.
based on mapping to UniProt P00720
Hydrolysis of (1->4)-beta-linkages between N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues in a peptidoglycan and between N-acetyl- D-glucosamine residues in chitodextrins.
-!- Cf. EC 3.2.1.14.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P00720
ENLYS_BPT4
Escherichia virus T4
Endolysin

PDB Structure

PDB 1CTW
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Methionine and alanine substitutions show that the formation of wild-type-like structure in the carboxy-terminal domain of T4 lysozyme is a rate-limiting step in folding.
Gassner, N.C., Baase, W.A., Lindstrom, J.D., Lu, J., Dahlquist, F.W., Matthews, B.W.
Biochemistry