Lysins, also known as endolysins or murein hydrolases, are hydrolytic enzymes produced by host bacteria when infected with bacteriophages in order to cleave the cell wall during the final stage of the lytic cycle to release the viral particles. Lysins are highly evolved enzymes that are able to target one of the five bonds in peptidoglycan (murein), the main component of bacterial cell walls, which allows the release of progeny virions from the lysed cell.
Lysins, also known as endolysins or murein hydrolases, are hydrolytic enzymes produced by host bacteria when infected with bacteriophages in order to cleave the cell wall during the final stage of the lytic cycle to release the viral particles. Lysins are highly evolved enzymes that are able to target one of the five bonds in peptidoglycan (murein), the main component of bacterial cell walls, which allows the release of progeny virions from the lysed cell.
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