%0 Journal Article %A Chapman, Stephen J. %A Perkins, Harold R. %T Peptidoglycan-degrading Enzymes in Ether-treated Cells of Neisseria gonorrhoeae %D 1983 %J Microbiology, %V 129 %N 3 %P 877-883 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-129-3-877 %I Microbiology Society, %X The incubation of peptidoglycan fragments with ether-treated cells of Neisseria gonorrhoeae resulted in breakdown products that showed the presence of previously undescribed lytic enzymes. The properties of an endopeptidase able to hydrolyse peptide-linked bis-disaccharide peptide dimer to monomer units were examined. An exo-N-acetyl-glucosaminidase was also shown to release free N-acetylglucosamine. The breakdown pattern of glycosidically-linked dimer indicated the existence of an endo-N-acetylglucosaminidase. The activities of the latter enzyme and of the endopeptidase were both sensitive to βlactam antibiotics. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-129-3-877