AmiGO 2: Term Details for "lytic transglycosylase activity" (GO:0008933)

Accession: GO:0008933
Name: lytic transglycosylase activity
Ontology: molecular_function
Synonyms: peptidoglycan lytic transglycosylase activity, murein transglycosylase B activity
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Catalysis of the specific cleavage of the beta-(1->4) glycosidic linkage between N-acetylmuramyl and N-acetylglucosaminyl residues in peptidoglycan, with the concomitant formation of 1,6-anhydro-N-acetylmuramyl residues. Source: PMID:22748813, PMID:10964424
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0008933 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to lytic transglycosylase activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to lytic transglycosylase activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for lytic transglycosylase activity (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
lytic transglycosylase activity	is_a	peptidoglycan muralytic activity (GO:0061783)
lytic transglycosylase activity	is_a	carbon-oxygen lyase activity, acting on polysaccharides (GO:0016837)

subject	relation	object
lytic endotransglycosylase activity (GO:0008932)	is_a	lytic transglycosylase activity

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