Salivary lysozyme

Lysozyme is a basic protein consisting of single-chain polypeptides, with a molecular weight of 1.5kD and an isoelectric point of pH11. It is easy to bind to bacteria and can hydrolyze mucopeptides from the cell walls of Gram-positive bacteria.

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