Resistance of rumen bacteria murein to bovine gastric lysozyme

[Background] Lysozymes, enzymes mostly associated with defence against bacterial infections, are mureinolytic. Ruminants have evolved a gastric c type lysozyme as a digestive enzyme, and profit from digestion of foregut bacteria, after most dietary components, including protein, have been fermented...

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Autores: Domínguez-Bello, María G., Pacheco, María, Ruiz, Marie C., Michelangeli, Fabián, Leippe, Matthias, Pedro, Miguel Ángel de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/7931
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/7931
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bovine gastric lysozyme
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Sumario:[Background] Lysozymes, enzymes mostly associated with defence against bacterial infections, are mureinolytic. Ruminants have evolved a gastric c type lysozyme as a digestive enzyme, and profit from digestion of foregut bacteria, after most dietary components, including protein, have been fermented in the rumen. In this work we characterized the biological activities of bovine gastric secretions against membranes, purified murein and bacteria.