Lysostaphin
"Lysostaphin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 25-kDa peptidase produced by Staphylococcus simulans which cleaves a glycine-glcyine bond unique to an inter-peptide cross-bridge of the STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS cell wall. EC 3.4.24.75.
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D008248
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.300.480.452 D08.811.277.656.675.374.452
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Szweda P, Gorczyca G, Tylingo R, Kurlenda J, Kwiecinski J, Milewski S. Chitosan-protein scaffolds loaded with lysostaphin as potential antistaphylococcal wound dressing materials. J Appl Microbiol. 2014 Sep; 117(3):634-42.