Description
Product Characteristics:
Lysozymes have primarily a bacteriolytic function, those in tissues and body fluids are associated with the monocyte-macrophage system and enhance the activity of immunoagents.
Subcellular location: Secreted
Synonyms: LZM, Lysozyme C, 1,4-beta-N-acetylmuramidase C, LYZ
Target Information: This gene encodes human lysozyme, whose natural substrate is the bacterial cell wall peptidoglycan (cleaving the beta[1-4]glycosidic linkages between N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetylglucosamine). Lysozyme is one of the anti-microbial agents found in human milk, and is also present in spleen, lung, kidney, white blood cells, plasma, saliva, and tears. Missense mutations in LYZ have been identified in heritable renal amyloidosis. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]