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AcmD, a homolog of the major autolysin AcmA of Lactococcus lactis, binds to the cell wall and contributes to cell separation and autolysis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Visweswaran Ganesh Ram R, Steen Anton, Leenhouts Kees, Szeliga Monika, Ruban Beata, Hesseling-Meinders Anne, Dijkstra Bauke W, Kuipers Oscar P, Kok Jan, Buist Girbe
Abstract excerpt
Lactococcus lactis expresses the homologous glucosaminidases AcmB, AcmC, AcmA and AcmD. The latter two have three C-terminal LysM repeats for peptidoglycan binding. AcmD has much shorter intervening sequences separating the LysM repeats and a lower iso-electric point (4.3) than AcmA (10.3). Under standard laboratory conditions AcmD was mainly secreted into the culture supernatant. An L. lactis acmAacmD double...
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