lysozyme activity

id: GO:0003796
name: lysozyme activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the hydrolysis of the beta-(1->4) linkages between N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues in a peptidoglycan and between N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues in chitodextrins.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0004553hydrolase activity, hydrolyzing O-glycosyl compounds