Properties
Description
Lysozyme from chiken egg, 15,000U/mg is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of bacterial cell walls and has antibacterial properties.
Unit Definition
One unit will catalyse a decrease in absorption at 450 nm of 0.001 per minute at 25 °C, pH 7.0, in a suspension of Micrococcus luteus cells (reaction volume 3 ml, light path 1 cm).
Applications
Lysozyme from chiken egg, 15,000U/mg can be used to hydrolyze the beta 1 - 4 linkage between N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamin and degrade the heteroglycan chain to a disaccharide.
