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Lysozyme


Lysozyme is an enzyme found in egg white, tears, and other secretions. It is responsible for breaking down the polysaccharide walls of many kinds of bacteria and thus it provides some protection against infection.
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Lysozyme 3D structure.
Lysozyme single crystal.
Lysozyme is an enzyme (EC 3.2.1.17), commonly referred to as the "body's own antibiotic" since it kills bacteria. It is abundantly present in a number of secretions, such as tears (except bovine tears).
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Lysozyme levels in the blood are often increased in sarcoidosis.
In some forms of hereditary amyloid, the cause is a mutation in the lysozyme gene, which leads to accumulated lysozyme in several tissues ().
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Lysozyme
An enzyme that hydrolyzes the peptidoglycan within the cell walls of bacteria.
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lysozyme
(ly-so-zime)
An enzyme in perspiration, tears, and saliva that attacks bacterial cell walls.
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They produce a wealth of biological weapons (toxins, antibiotics, bacteriocins, lysozymes, etc.) that play a dominant role in mediating population- and community-level dynamics.
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