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  1. Lysozyme
    Lysozymes, also known as muramidase or N-acetylmuramide glycanhydrolase, are glycoside hydrolases, enzymes ({EC number|3.2.1.17}) that damage bacterial cell walls by catalyzing hydrolysis of 1,4-beta-linkages between N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues in a peptidoglycan and be...
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  2. Lysozyme
    An enzyme in body fluids, active in host defence; able to kill invading organisms by digesting the bacterial cell wall.
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  3. lysozyme
    [n] - an enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria
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  4. lysozyme
    Glycosidase that hydrolyzes the bond between N-acetyl-muramic acid and N-acetyl-glucosamine, thus cleaving an important polymer of the cell wall of many bacteria. Present in tears, saliva, and in the lysosomes of phagocytic cells, it is an important antibacterial defence, particularly against Gram p...
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  5. lysozyme
    <cell biology, enzyme> Glycosidase that hydrolyses the bond between N acetyl muramic acid and N acetyl glucosamine, thus cleaving an important polymer of the cell wall of many bacteria. Present in tears, saliva and in the lysomes of phagocytic cells, it is an important antibacterial defence, p...
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  6. lysozyme
    muramidase noun an enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria
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  7. lysozyme
    (li´so-zīm) a crystalline, basic protein present in saliva, tears, egg white, and many animal fluids, which functions as an antibacterial enzyme.
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  8. lysozyme
    enzyme found in the secretions (tears) of the lacrimal glands of animals and in nasal mucus, gastric secretions, and egg white. Discovered in 1921 ... [6 related articles]
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  9. lysozyme
    lysozyme 1. An enzyme of the hydrolase class that catalyzes the hydrolysis of specific glycosidic linkages in peptidoglycans and in chitin. The enzyme occurs in saliva, tears, egg white, and many animal fluids and catalyzes the breakdown of some bacterial cell walls. 2. An enzyme occurring natural...
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  10. lysozyme
    An enzyme found in tears, saliva, sweat, nasal secretions, breast milk, and many tissues which acts as a strong anti-bacterial agent because it digests a substance in bacteria cell walls called peptidoglycan. Lysozyme (1,4-ß-N-acetylmuramidase) is composed of 129 amino acids folded in both alph...
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  11. lysozyme
    lysozyme: see immunity.
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  12. lysozyme
    Type: Term Pronunciation: lī′sō-zīm Definitions: 1. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of 1,4-β linkages between N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetyl-d-glucosamine, and is thus destructive to cell walls of certain bacteria; present in tears and some other body fluids, in ...
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  13. lysozyme
    1) Enzyme 2) Muramidase
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