Structural highlights
Function
ENLYS_BPT4 Endolysin with lysozyme activity that degrades host peptidoglycans and participates with the holin and spanin proteins in the sequential events which lead to the programmed host cell lysis releasing the mature viral particles. Once the holin has permeabilized the host cell membrane, the endolysin can reach the periplasm and break down the peptidoglycan layer.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Two different genetically engineered amino-acid substitutions designed to interact with alpha-helix dipoles in T4 lysozyme are shown to increase the thermal stability of the protein. Crystallographic analyses of the mutant lysozyme structures suggest that the stabilization is due to electrostatic interaction and does not require precise hydrogen bonding between the substituted amino acid and the end of the alpha-helix.
Enhanced protein thermostability from designed mutations that interact with alpha-helix dipoles.,Nicholson H, Becktel WJ, Matthews BW Nature. 1988 Dec 15;336(6200):651-6. PMID:3200317[2]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Moussa SH, Kuznetsov V, Tran TA, Sacchettini JC, Young R. Protein determinants of phage T4 lysis inhibition. Protein Sci. 2012 Apr;21(4):571-82. doi: 10.1002/pro.2042. Epub 2012 Mar 2. PMID:22389108 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pro.2042
- ↑ Nicholson H, Becktel WJ, Matthews BW. Enhanced protein thermostability from designed mutations that interact with alpha-helix dipoles. Nature. 1988 Dec 15;336(6200):651-6. PMID:3200317 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/336651a0
