Structural highlights
4ku0 is a 4 chain structure. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
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| Ligands: | , , , , , , |
| Related: | 4jj2, 4jiv, 4jiw, 1k28 |
| Activity: | Lysozyme, with EC number 3.2.1.17 |
| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum |
Function
[VG05_BPT4] Tail-associated lysozyme essential for localized hydrolysis of bacterial cell wall necessary for viral DNA injection. The needle-like gp5 protein punctures the outer cell membrane and then digests the peptidoglycan cell wall in the periplasmic space.
