Protein
Peptidoglycan endopeptidase LytF
Organism
Bacillus subtilis (strain 168)
Function
Cell wall hydrolase that cleaves gamma-D-glutamate-meso-diaminopimelate bonds in peptidoglycan. LytF is necessary and sufficient for vegetative daughter cell separation, and also seems to play a role in cell autolysis.
Similarity
Belongs to the peptidase C40 family.
Sequence
MKKKLAAGLTASAIVGTTLVVTPAEAATIKVKSGDSLWKLAQTYNTSVAALTSANHLSTTVLSIGQTLTIPGSKSSTSSSTSSSTTKKSGSSVYTVKSGDSLWLIANEFKMTVQELKKLNGLSSDLIRAGQKLKVSGTVSSSSSSSKKSNSNKSSSSSSKSSSNKSSSSSSSTGTYKVQLGDSLWKIANKVNMSIAELKVLNNLKSDTIYVNQVLKTKSSGSDTSSKDNSSKSNQTSATTKYTVKSGDSLWKIANNYNLTVQQIRNINNLKSDVLYVGQVLKLTGKASSGSSSSSSSSSNASSGTTTTYTVKSGDSLWVIAQKFNVTAQQIREKNNLKTDVLQVGQKLVISGKASSSSSSGSSNTTSSTSAKINTMISAAKAQLGVPYRWGGTTPSGFDCSGFIYYVLNKVTSVSRLTAAGYWNTMKSVSQPAVGDFVFFSTYKAGPSHVGIYLGNGEFINANDSGVVISNMNNSYWKQRYLGAKRYF