Sandbox GGC10

Lysozyme C (1RE2), a human lysosome labelled with two 2’,3’-epoxypropyl beta-glycoside of n-acetyllactosamine

spinqualitylabelsall models Caption for this structure Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D This is a default text for your page Sandbox GGC10. Click above on edit this page to modify. Be careful with the < and > signs. You may include any references to papers as in: the use of JSmol in Proteopedia or to the article describing Jmol to the rescue. Function This protein has primarily a bacteriolytic function. The lysozymes in tissues and body fluids can be commonly associated with the monocyte-macrophage system and they can also enhance the activity of the immunoagents. Lysozyme C has the capability to perform both hydrolysis and transglycosylation. It also shows a little bit of esterase activity. Lysozyme C can act rapidly on both peptide-substituted and unsubstituted peptidoglycan, but it acts slowly on chitin oligosaccharides. This protein has some catalytic activity too. There is hydrolysis of 1->4-beta-linkages between N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine leaves a residue in a peptidoglycan and between N-acetyl-D-glucosamine has a residue in chitodextrins. Structural highlights This is a sample scene created with SAT to color by Group, and another to make a transparent representation of the protein. You can make your own scenes on SAT starting from scratch or loading and editing one of these sample scenes.