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CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Peptidoglycan recognition protein-like
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

3.5.1.28
N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase.
based on mapping to UniProt P06653
Hydrolyzes the link between N-acetylmuramoyl residues and L-amino acid residues in certain cell-wall glycopeptides.
-!- Formerly EC 3.4.12.5, EC 3.4.17.7 and EC 3.4.19.10.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P06653
ALYS_STRPN
Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4
Autolysin

PDB Structure

PDB 5CTV
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
The crystal structure of the major pneumococcal autolysin LytA in complex with a large peptidoglycan fragment reveals the pivotal role of glycans for lytic activity.
Sandalova, T., Lee, M., Henriques-Normark, B., Hesek, D., Mobashery, S., Mellroth, P., Achour, A.
Mol.Microbiol.
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