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Lysozyme - Physiology

Lysozyme - Physiology: Encyclopedia II - Lysozyme - Physiology

Most of the bacteria affected by lysozyme are not pathogenic. It could be argued that lysozyme is a primary reason these organisms did not develop pathogenic strains[citation needed]. Lysozyme serves as an unspecific innate opsonin by binding to the bacterial surface to reduce the negative charge and facilitate phagocytosis of this bacterium before opsonins from the acquired immune systems enter the scene. The enzyme functions by attacking peptidoglycans and hydrolyzing the bond that connects N-acetylmuramic acid with the fou ...

Lysozyme: Encyclopedia II - Lysozyme - Physiology

Lysozyme - Physiology

Most of the bacteria affected by lysozyme are not pathogenic. It could be argued that lysozyme is a primary reason these organisms did not develop pathogenic strains^{[citation needed]}.

Lysozyme serves as an unspecific innate opsonin by binding to the bacterial surface to reduce the negative charge and facilitate phagocytosis of this bacterium before opsonins from the acquired immune systems enter the scene.

The enzyme functions by attacking peptidoglycans and hydrolyzing the bond that connects N-acetylmuramic acid with the fourth carbon atom of N-acetylglucosamine.