blyA [Mon Aug 31 2015 13:55:06 GMT+0200 (CEST)]

N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase

locus: BSU21410

pI: 9.94

mw: 39.00 kDa

function: SPß-mediated lysis

product: N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase

essential: no

ec: 3.5.1.28

synonyms: yomC

Genomic Context

categories

• [category|SW 1|Cellular processes] → [category|SW 1.1|Cell envelope and cell division] → [category|SW 1.1.3|Cell wall degradation/ turnover] → [category|SW 1.1.3.1|Autolysis]
• [category|SW 5|Prophages and mobile genetic elements] → [category|SW 5.1|Prophages] → [category|SW 5.1.2|SP-beta prophage]
• [category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.12|Secreted proteins]

syns: yomC

[SW|Categories] containing this gene/protein

• [SW|cell wall degradation/ turnover], [SW|SP-beta prophage]

The protein

Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity

• Hydrolyzes the link between N-acetylmuramoyl residues and L-amino acid residues in certain cell-wall glycopeptides (according to Swiss-Prot)

[SW|Domains]

• contains an amidase_2 domain (like [protein|search|CwlA], [protein|search|CwlH], [protein|search|XlyA], [protein|search|XlyB])

References

• 9579063