Teichoic acid choline esterase, a novel hydrolytic activity in Streptococcus oralis |
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| Authors: | Concepció n Ronda,José Luis Garcí a,Rubens Ló pez |
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| Affiliation: | Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, C.S.I.C., Madrid, Spain. |
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| Abstract: | Streptococcus oralis contains an enzyme that can remove a limited amount of choline residues when tested on purified cell walls. This activity has been identified as an esterase that exhibits some biochemical properties similar to those previously found for several lytic enzymes of S. pneumoniae and its bacteriophages. |
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| Keywords: | Bacteroides fragilis Glycoprotein Mucin Glycosidase |
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