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  • Frias, M.J.; Melo-Cristino, J.; Ramirez, M.
    The autolysin LytA contributes to efficient bacteriophage progeny release in Streptococcus pneumoniae (2009), J. Bacteriol., 191, 5428-5440.
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Organism

EC Number Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
3.5.1.28 Streptococcus pneumoniae
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 strains SVMC28and R36A
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Synonyms

EC Number Synonyms Comment Organism
3.5.1.28 Autolysin
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 Streptococcus pneumoniae
3.5.1.28 LytA
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 Streptococcus pneumoniae

Expression

EC Number Organism Comment Expression
3.5.1.28 Streptococcus pneumoniae LytA is activated at the end of the lytic cycle, LytA is activated by the holing-induced membrane disruption up

General Information

EC Number General Information Comment Organism
3.5.1.28 physiological function under normal conditions, activation of bacterial LytA, together with the phage lysin, leads to greater phage progeny release. In the absence of phage lysin, LytA is able to mediate bacterial lysis and phage release in Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus pneumoniae