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Query: EC:3.2.1.17 (lysozyme)
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Spores of Bacillus megaterium ATCC 14581, subjected to partial-cell iradiation, were exposed to either lysozyme, H2O2, or glucose in an attempt to reduce or eliminate the nonmonotonic behavior in curves of percentage of germination versus energy, obtained when such spores were resuspended in phosphate buffer alone. Except at the lower doses. H2O2 effectively eliminated this anomalous dip in these curves, whereas lysozyme amplified it greatly. Glucose was generally ineffective. Coinciding with the increases in optical density when lysozyme was present was the formation of an occluding product.
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PMID:Effects of added germination agents on loss of optical density in electron-irradiated spores. 0 2

Tetrahymena pyriformis strain HSM secretes large quantities of acid hydrolases into the culture medium. An enzyme secreted by the ciliate and capable of degrading walls of streptococci was identified and purified to a considerable degree. The pH optimum of this enzyme was 3--4, and it was eluted after cytochrome c from Sephadex G-75 columns. Unlike lysozyme, the enzyme was thermolabile at pH 2.9, but relatively thermostable at pH 8.1. It degraded 14C-labeled cell walls of streptococci releasing reducing groups. Cell walls prepared from different strains of streptococci differed in susceptibility to this enzyme, the most sensitive strain tested being of group A, type T12. It was shown in immunologic studies that this hydrolase released the group-specific carbohydrate from the walls. Secretions of Tetrahymena from early stationary-phase cultures had more bacteriolytic activity than those from cells from late stationary-phase cultures. Further, cells from cultures grown in glucose-supplemented medium secreted less of the enzyme than ciliates of comparable age grown in unsupplemented proteose-peptone. The newly isolated bacteriolytic enzyme, presumably of lysosomal origin, may be helpful in characterizing streptococcal cell walls.
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PMID:Partial purification and characterization of a bacteriolytic enzyme secreted by Tetrahymena. 3 68

Quantitative analyses of cell walls from Streptococcus mutans Ingbritt grown under carbohydrate limitation in the chemostat showed that growth conditions had no statistically significant effect on the composition of polysaccharide, peptidoglycan, or the proportion of polysaccharide in the cell wall. Lysis of cell wall preparations with a muramidase supported this conclusion and further indicated that there was little difference in their overall structure. In contrast, there was a consistent difference between the rates of lysis by this enzyme of organisms grown in 0.2% glucose and 0.5% glucose. Extremes of pH or dilution rate essentially did not influence the immunogenicity of type c antigen in whole organisms irrespective of whether the carbohydrate source was glucose or sucrose. However, differences were found in the immunogenicity of lipoteichoic acid under similar circumstances. The results indicated there was an inherent phenotypic stability in the cell walls of S. mutans Ingbritt despite changes in pH, generation time, and carbohydrate source, and that any changes that did occur were probably due to associated cell-surface components.
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PMID:Phenotypic stability of the cell wall of Streptococcus mutans Ingbritt grown under various conditions. 4 87

The antibody response of rabbits to Micrococcus lysodeikticus is characterized by the production of a high concentration of antibodies which manifest markedly reduced heterogenicity. The specificity of these antibodies was studied and it revealed that M. lysodeikticus contains 2 major antigens: both the glucose-N-acetyl-aminomannuronic acid polymer obtained by formamide extraction of the cell walls and peptidoglycan solubilized by ultrasonic treatment gave precipitin reactions with hyperimmune antisera. By means of inhibition studies of the glucose-mannose polymer specificity, glucose appeared as the immunodominant sugar in the majority of antibodies studied. Inhibitions studies also confirmed that both the glycan and peptide moieties constitute antigenic determinants of M. lysodeikticus peptidoglycan. Antibodies to the glucose-mannose-polymer and the peptidoglycan were specifically fractionated by use of immunoadsorbents formed from lysozyme solubilized cell walls and activated Sepharose. Both antibody specificities showed a limited heterogeneity by isoelectric focusing. Finally, because antisera to M. lysodeikticus are a rich source of antibodies to peptidoglycan, emphasis is placed on the possible usefulness of this system for studies of clonal dominance.
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PMID:Isolation and characterization of homogenous rabbit antibodies to Micrococcus lysodeikticus with specificity to the peptidoglycan and to the glucose-N-acetylaminomannuronic acid polymer. 5 38

The protoplasts of Actinomyces sp. 26--115 producing actinomycin C were obtained by the action of lysozyme on the mycelial paste of a 48-hour microbial culture. The protoplast capacity for synthesizing actinomycin was decreased as compared to that of the intact mycelium. The transport of L-isoleucine, a precursor of actinomycin C biosynthesis in the protoplasts also decreased but this could not be the only cause of the decrease in the actinomycin biosynthesis capacity. The biosynthesis of actinomycin C by the protoplasts of Actinomycin sp. 26--115 did not require galactose and was not inhibited by glucose and exogenic actinomycin.
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PMID:[Aspects of the biosynthesis of actinomycin C]. 8 46

Normal values for a number of blood components of grivet monkeys are reported. Haematological data and values for glucose, cholesterol and urea are similar to those of rhesus monkeys. Activities of alkaline phosphatase (1526 U/l), glutamine oxaloacetate transaminase (30.9 U/l), glutamine pyruvate transaminase (13.7 U/l), lactate dehydrogenase (629 U/l), alpha-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (175 U/l), creatine phosphokinase (227 U/l), gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (38.7 U/l) and sorbitol dehydrogenase (14.2 U/l), and levels of lysozyme (178 mg/dl), zinc (162 microgram/dl), copper (81.3 microgram/dl) and iron (296.5 microgram/dl) have not previously been reported for this animal. Values for serum amino acids, proteins, electrolytes, triglycerides and creatinine are compared with those of other primates.
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PMID:Normal values for some whole blood and serum components of grivet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops). 11 24

The most common cyanobacterium contaminating drinking water systems in southwestern Pennsylvania is Schizothrix calcicola. Lipoplysaccharides (LPS) were isolated from this species by hot phenol-water extraction. The polysaccharide moiety was composed of glucosamine, galactose, glucose, mannose, xylose and rhamnose. The lipid A part contained beta-hydroxylauric, myristic, pentadecanoic, palmitic, beta-hydroxypalmitic, stearic, oleic, and linoleic acids. In contrast to many LPS isolated from Enterobacteriaceae, the dominant component was not beta-hydroxymyristic but beta-hydroxypalmitic acid. The LPS induced Limulus lysate gelation and Schwartzman reaction but was nontoxic to mice. The identity of LPS was verified by alkali and lysozyme treatment. The results suggest that S. calcicola is one of the principal sources of endotoxins in water systems using open finished-water reservoirs.
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PMID:Composition and biological properties of lipopolysaccharides isolated from Schizothrix calcicola (Ag.) Gomont (Cyanobacteria). 11 86

The relationship between lysozyme and sodium reabsorption by the kidney tubule was studied in the experimental Fanconi syndrome. Female, anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats were injected intravenously with maleic acid (an inhibitor of sodium transport) neutralized with sodium hydroxide in doses of either 2 or 8 mmol/kg. Clearance studies were performed immediately afterward, and plasma and urine were analyzed for inulin, pH, sodium, glucose, and lysozyme. Two hours after the maleic acid injection, renal cortical tissue was removed and homogenized. Specific activity of Na-K-ATPase was assayed in the light microsomal fraction. The results showed that both concentrations of maleic acid caused significant increases in urinary volume, glucose excretion, and pH. There were significantly correlated decreases in TNafract and TLyfract. The slope of the regression line (TLyfract = 1.03 TNafract - 5.82; r = 0.92) approximated unity. Renal cortical Na-K-ATPase activity was significantly decreased by 25% in the animals receiving 2 mmol maleic acid and 43% in the animals receiving 8 mmol. The evidence suggests that lysozyme reabsorption in the proximal tubule might be mediated directly or indirectly by active tubular transport of sodium, a process that is related to the Na-K-ATPase transport system.
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PMID:Renal handling of lysozyme in experimental Fanconi syndrome. 14 77

The location of cellulase in C. fulvus depends on the carbon source for growth and the age of the culture. When cells were grown on glucose or cellobiose all CMC-hydrolyzing enzyme was cell-bound but only part of the activity was located on the cell surface. Treatment of cells with EDTA, lysozyme, and detergents and subsequent fractionation experiments showed that cellulase was also located in the periplasm and bound to a membrane fraction. Growth on cellulose gave cell-free cellulase active against CMC. The enzyme was repressed by glucose but formed at a constant differential rate on cellobiose and amylose. This rate was 8-10 times lower than on cellulose and possible reasons for this are discussed.
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PMID:Cellulase location in Cellvibrio fulvus. 16 68

The ingestion, bactericidal activity and metabolism of isolated mature neutrophil leucocytes during phagocytosis was studied in 17 patients with chronic granulocytic leukaemia (CGL) with the simultaneous use of normal controls. Seven patients had received no treatment and the others had been treated previously with Busulphan. The phagocytic indices for killed yeast cells did not differ from those of the controls. A diminished bactericidal activity against E. coli was found in nine CGL cases. The bactericidal capacity closely correlated with the degree of leucocytosis since patients with a WBC count of 90 000/mul or higher with one exception showed decreased bactericidal activities while patients with WBC counts below 90 000/mul with two exceptions showed normal bactericidal activities. The [I-14C]-glucose oxidation during phagocytosis was increased in four patients and decreased in three patients. Some correlation was found between abnormally high or low [I-14C]glucose oxidation and diminished bactericidal activity. The intracellular iodination reaction during phagocytosis was decreased in 10 cases while the extracellular iodination was increased in six cases and decreased in one case. The data for granulocyte iodination did not correlate with WBC count, bactericidal capacity or [I-14C]glucose oxidation. The time course for the bactericidal activity and granulocyte iodination seemed to deviate from the controls indicating a slow initial ingestion and/or degranulation phase. The CGL granulocyte content of myeloperoxidase was normal or increased, the lysozyme content was decreased in half of the cases while the amount of antibacterial cationic proteins was increased, normal or low. The present findings indicate a variety of abnormalities in the mature CGL granulocyte, which are not closely interrelated.
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PMID:Granulocyte function in chronic granulocytic leukaemia. I. Bactericidal and metabolic capabilities during phagocytosis in isolated granulocytes. 17 9


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