| dc.description.abstract | Cell wall lytic enzymes are valuable
tools for the biotechnologist, with many applications
in medicine, the food industry, and agriculture,
and for recovering of intracellular products
from yeast or bacteria. The diversity of potential
applications has conducted to the development of
lytic enzyme systems with specific characteristics,
suitable for satisfying the requirements of each
particular application. Since the first time the lytic
enzyme of excellence, lysozyme, was discovered,
many investigations have contributed to the
understanding of the action mechanisms and
other basic aspects of these interesting enzymes.
Today, recombinant production and protein engineering
have improved and expanded the area of
potential applications. In this review, some of the
recent advances in specific enzyme systems for
bacteria and yeast cells rupture and other applications
are examined. Emphasis is focused in
biotechnological aspects of these enzymes. | |
