Phage Lytic Enzymes

Viruses. 2019 Jan 29;11(2):113. doi: 10.3390/v11020113.

Abstract

Phage lytic enzymes are enzymes produced by bacterial viruses, either as part of their virion to facilitate bacterial infection through local peptidoglycan degradation, or as soluble proteins to induce massive cell lysis at the end of the lytic replication cycle [...].

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacteria / drug effects
  • Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Bacteriolysis
  • Bacteriophages / enzymology*
  • Endopeptidases / pharmacology*
  • Viral Proteins / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Viral Proteins
  • Endopeptidases