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Lysozyme from chicken egg white

dialyzed, lyophilized, powder, ~100000 U/mg

Synonym(s):

Mucopeptide N-acetylmuramoylhydrolase, Muramidase

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CAS Number:
Enzyme Commission number:
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352204
NACRES:
NA.54

biological source

chicken egg white

Quality Level

form

powder

quality

dialyzed
lyophilized

specific activity

~100000 U/mg

mol wt

single-chain 14.3 kDa
Mr ~14600

technique(s)

cell based assay: suitable

suitability

suitable for cell lysis

UniProt accession no.

application(s)

cell analysis

storage temp.

2-8°C

Gene Information

chicken ... LYZ(396218)

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Application

Lysozyme from chicken egg white has been used:
  • as a standard in small-angle neutron scattering experiments and infrared absorbance spectroscopy
  • as a constituent of cell lysis buffer
  • in protein crystallization experiments

Enzyme breaks down the cell walls of bacteria; used to prepare spheroplasts.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Lysozyme hydrolyzes β(1→4) linkages between N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues in peptidoglycan and between N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues in chitodextrin. Gram-positive cells are quite susceptible to this hydrolysis as their cell walls have a high proportion of peptidoglycan. Gram-negative bacteria are less susceptible due to the presence of an outer membrane and a lower proportion of peptidoglycan. However, these cells may be hydrolyzed in the presence of EDTA that chelates metal ions in the outer bacterial membrane.

The enzyme is active over a broad pH range (6.0 to 9.0). At pH 6.2, maximal activity is observed over a wider range of ionic strengths (0.02 to 0.100 M) than at pH 9.2 (0.01 to 0.06 M).

Unit Definition

1 U corresponds to the amount of enzyme which decreases the absorbance at 450 nm by 0.001 per minute at pH 7.0 and 25°C (Micrococcus luteus, ATCC 4698, as substrate)

Other Notes

Suitable for the hydrolysis of bacterial cell walls, mucopolysaccharides, mucopolypeptides or chitin; degradability of L. lactis subsp. cremoris H2 cell walls; Review

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Health hazard

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

Precautionary Statements

Hazard Classifications

Resp. Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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R.W. Franck
Bioorganic Chemistry, 20, 77-77 (1992)
T Coolbear et al.
Applied and environmental microbiology, 58(10), 3263-3270 (1992-10-01)
The cell wall-associated proteinase from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris H2 (isolate number 4409) was released from the cells by treatment with lysozyme, even in the presence of 50 mM calcium chloride. Cell lysis during lysozyme treatment was minimal. The proteinase
Infrared absorbance spectroscopy of aqueous proteins: Comparison of transmission and ATR data collection and analysis for secondary structure fitting
Corujo MP, et al.
Chirality, 30(8), 957-965 (2018)
L. Stevens
Comp. Biochem. Physiol., B: Comp. Biochem., 100, 1-1 (1991)
Structures and interactions among lysozyme proteins below the isoelectric point in presence of divalent ions
Pandit S, et al.
Chemical Physics Letters, 711, 8-14 (2018)

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