Exo-beta-N-acetylmuramidase NamZ of Bacillus subtilis is the founding member of a family of exo-lytic peptidoglycan hexosaminidases
M. Müller, M. Calvert, I. Hottmann, R. M. Kluj, T. Teufel, K. Balbuchta, A. Engelbrecht, K. A. Selim, Q. Xu, M. Borisova, A. Titz, C. Mayer
The paper identifies NamZ as an exo-{beta}-N-acetylmuramidase in Bacillus subtilis, showing its role in peptidoglycan degradation and proposing it as a founding member of a new family of hexosaminidases.
bioRxiv · Jan 10, 2021Microbiology