The lysin motif (LysM) was first identified by Garvey et al. in 1986 and, in subsequent
studies, has been shown to bind noncovalently to peptidoglycan and chitin by interacting …

Carbohydrate recognition is essential for growth, cell adhesion and signalling in all living
organisms. A highly conserved carbohydrate binding module, LysM, is found in proteins …

Chitin, a major component of fungal cell walls, has been associated with allergic disorders
such as asthma. However, it is unclear how mammals recognize chitin and the principal …

Viruses infect members of domains Bacteria, Eukarya, and Archaea. While those infecting
domain Eukarya are nearly universally described as “Viruses”, those of domain Bacteria, to …

Lactococcus lactis expresses the homologous glucosaminidases AcmB, AcmC, AcmA and
AcmD. The latter two have three C-terminal LysM repeats for peptidoglycan binding. AcmD …

Endolysins comprise a novel class of selective antibacterials refractory to develop
resistances. The Cpl-7 endolysin, encoded by the Streptococcus pneumoniae …

The successful control of insect-borne plant pathogens is often difficult to achieve due to the
ecologically complex interactions among pathogens, vectors, and host plants. Disease …

Pseudomurein endoisopeptidases cause lysis of the cell walls of methanogens by cleaving
the isopeptide bond Ala‐ε‐Lys in the peptide chain of pseudomurein. PeiW and PeiP are …

Carbohydrate recognition is fundamental to a wide variety of interkingdom interactions. For
example, bacterial peptidoglycan, an N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc)–N-acetylmuramic …

The major extracellular protein p60 of Listeria monocytogenes (Lm-p60) is an autolysin that
can hydrolyze the peptidoglycan of bacterial cell wall and has been shown to be required for …