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SAE0092

Sigma-Aldrich

Mutanolysin from Streptomyces globisporus ATCC 21553

free of DNA contaminants, suitable for Microbiome research, lyophilized powder, ≥4000 units/mg protein (biuret)

Synonym(s):

Mutanolysin

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CAS Number:
55466-22-3
MDL number:
MFCD00131635
UNSPSC Code:
12352202
NACRES:
NA.54

biological source

Streptomyces sp. (Streptomyces globisporus ATCC 21553)

form

lyophilized powder

specific activity

≥4000 units/mg protein (biuret)

mol wt

23 kDa
 ~18.5 kDa

feature

DNA free

concentration

≥40% protein

technique(s)

nucleic acid detection: suitable

suitability

suitable for cell lysis

application(s)

life science and biopharma

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

−20°C

Application

Provides gentle cell lysis for the isolation of easily degradable biomolecules and RNA from bacteria. It has been used in the formation of spheroplasts for isolation of DNA.
Purified Mutanolysin SAE0092 undergoes strict quality control testing to ensure the absence of detectable levels of contaminating DNA using 35 cycles PCR amplification of 16S and 18S rDNA using universal primer sets.
Mutanolysin is a muralytic enzyme, suitable for usage in isolation of nucleic acids, from Gram-positive bacteria (e.g. Listeria, Lactobacillus, Lactococcus),(8) and also from other bacteria that are difficult to lyse with lysozyme only.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Mutanolysin is an N-acetylmuramidase. Like lysozyme, it is a muralytic enzyme that cleaves the β-N-acetylmuramyl-(1→4)-N-acetylglucosamine linkage of the bacterial cell wall polymer peptidoglycan-polysaccharide. Its carboxy terminal moieties are involved in the recognition and binding of unique cell wall polymers. Mutanolysin lyses Listeria and other Gram-positive bacteria such as Lactobacillus and Lactococcus.

Features and Benefits

Suitable for difficult-to-lyse samples.

Microbial DNA free, minimizing DNA contamination from reagents in workflow.

Suitable for the isolation of nucleic acids from Gram-positive bacteria, including Listeria, Lactobacillus, and Lactococcus.

Unit Definition

One unit will produce a ΔA600 of 0.01 per minute at pH 6.0 at 37 °C in a 1 mL volume using a suspension of Streptococcus faecalis cell wall as substrate.

Physical form

Lyophilized powder containing Ficoll® and sodium succinate buffer salts

Legal Information

Ficoll is a registered trademark of Cytiva

Pictograms

Health hazard
GHS08

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H334

Precautionary Statements

P261 - P284 - P501

Hazard Classifications

Resp. Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Stacey M Broomall et al.
Applied and environmental microbiology, 82(2), 596-607 (2015-11-15)
Effective microbial forensic analysis of materials used in a potential biological attack requires robust methods of morphological and genetic characterization of the attack materials in order to enable the attribution of the materials to potential sources and to exclude other
G B Calandra et al.
Infection and immunity, 28(3), 1033-1037 (1980-06-01)
Group B streptococci, refractory to previously tested muralysins under physiological conditions, were successfully converted to protoplasts by use of a recently describede N-acetyl muramidase, mutanolysin, derived from a streptomycete. Purified enzyme was effective, but crude preparations, although degrading cell walls
Jennifer A Taylor et al.
Current protocols, 1(4), e80-e80 (2021-04-13)
The bacterial cell wall, composed of peptidoglycan (PG), provides structural integrity for the cell and is responsible for cell shape in most bacteria. Here we present tools to study the cell wall using a clickable PG-specific sugar, 2-alkyne muramic acid
Rebecca M Corrigan et al.
PLoS pathogens, 7(9), e1002217-e1002217 (2011-09-13)
The cell wall is a vital and multi-functional part of bacterial cells. For Staphylococcus aureus, an important human bacterial pathogen, surface proteins and cell wall polymers are essential for adhesion, colonization and during the infection process. One such cell wall
Martin Bastian Pedersen et al.
Journal of bacteriology, 190(14), 4903-4911 (2008-05-20)
Lactococcus lactis is a widely used food bacterium mainly characterized for its fermentation metabolism. However, this species undergoes a metabolic shift to respiration when heme is added to an aerobic medium. Respiration results in markedly improved biomass and survival compared
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