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Nature Structural Biology  8, 737 - 739 (2001)
doi:10.1038/nsb0901-737

The lysozyme mechanism sorted — after 50 years

Anthony J. Kirby

Anthony J. Kirby is at the University Chemical Laboratory, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK. ajk1@cam.ac.uk

Unambiguous evidence for a glycosyl-enzyme intermediate on the lysozyme reaction pathway has recently been reported, finally settling what kind of mechanism this textbook enzyme uses.

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