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The prophage-encoded hyaluronate lyase has broad substrate specificity and is regulated by the N-terminal domain.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 19 Dec 2014
Singh Sudhir Kumar, Bharati Akhilendra Pratap, Singh Neha, Pandey Praveen, Joshi Pankaj, Singh Kavita, Mitra Kalyan, Gayen Jiaur R, Sarkar Jayanta, Akhtar Md Sohail
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus equi is the causative agent of the highly contagious disease "strangles" in equines and zoonotic meningitis in human. Spreading of infection in host tissues is thought to be facilitated by the bacterial gene encoded extracellular hyaluronate lyase (HL), which degrades hyaluronan (HA), chondroitin 6-sulfate, and dermatan sulfate of the extracellular matrix). The clinical strain S. equi 4047 however,...
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