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What is an autolysin?

What is an autolysin? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses a component of the cell (or tissue) in which it is produced
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The overexpression of autolysin genes involved in the restructuring of the cell wall further confirms these findings.
The weapons he requires are an ordinary hypodermic syringe and some ampules of autolysin.
Gamete autolysin specifically acts on proline-rich residues within the C. reinhardtii cell wall thus allowing for selective extractions.
The lytA gene, which encodes the autolysin protein, is one of the target genes for S. pneumoniae.
Cell wall disruption and native protein release was achieved using gamete autolysin produced by C. reinhardtii cells.
All this is interesting in view of the recent article on the failure of autolysin in mouse tumor.

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