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Lorena Rodríguez-Rubio1, Dolores Gutiérrez, Beatriz Martínez, Ana Rodríguez, Friedrich Götz, Pilar García.
Abstract
Tailed double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) bacteriophages frequently harbor structural proteins displaying peptidoglycan hydrolytic activities. The tape measure protein from Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophage vB_SauS-phiIPLA35 has a lysozyme-like and a peptidase_M23 domain. This report shows that the lysozyme-like domain (TG1) has muramidase activity and exhibits in vitro lytic activity against live S. aureus cells, an activity that could eventually find use in the treatment of infections.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22729533 PMCID: PMC3416594 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01236-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792