endolytic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

endo- +‎ -lytic

Adjective[edit]

endolytic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to endolysis
    • 2016 February 13, “Probing the Catalytic Mechanism of Vibrio harveyi GH20 ?-N -Acetylglucosaminidase by Chemical Rescue”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Chitinase A (so-called VhChiA) is an endolytic enzyme responsible for the breakdown of insoluble chitin chains into small, soluble chitooligosaccharides [8 ,42 ], while chitoporin (so-called VhChiP), a sugar-specific porin located in the outer membrane of the bacterium, is responsible for chitooligosaccharide uptake [6 ,7 ].