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Elspeth Smith

University of Sheffield

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Organism:E. coli· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:protein structure· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1

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Structural Basis for Dual Peptidoglycan Hydrolysis by an E. faecium Minhovirus Tail Spike Lysin

Stéphane Mesnage, Jason S. Wilson, Zhang Yue, Alhassan Alrafaie, Maz Robertson, Elspeth Smith, Caroline Evans, Jinquan Li, John Rafferty, Graham P. Stafford

The paper characterizes ORF11, a tail-spike lysin from E. faecium Minhovirus, revealing its dual peptidoglycan hydrolysis activity through structural and biochemical analysis.

bioRxiv · Oct 28, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry