An autolytic enzyme bound to the surface of bacterial cell walls. It catalyzes the hydrolysis of the link between N-acetylmuramoyl residues and L-amino acid residues in certain cell wall glycopeptides, particularly peptidoglycan. EC 3.5.1.28.
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Amidase, N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine — N Acetylmuramoyl L alanine Amidase — Mucopeptide Amidohydrolase — Amidohydrolase, Mucopeptide — Peptidoglycan Hydrolase — Hydrolase, Peptidoglycan — LE-Enzyme — LE Enzyme — Murein Hydrolase — Hydrolase, Murein — T7 Lysozyme — Lysozyme, T7 — T7 Endolysin — Endolysin, T7 — Autolysin