RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Chapman, Stephen J. A1 Perkins, Harold R.YR 1983 T1 Peptidoglycan-degrading Enzymes in Ether-treated Cells of Neisseria gonorrhoeae JF Microbiology, VO 129 IS 3 SP 877 OP 883 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-129-3-877 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2080, AB 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., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-129-3-877