Lysozymes, model enzymes in biochemistry and biology edited by P Jollès, Birkhäuser, 1996, 449 p

Obtaining of transgenic potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivar IPB CP3 containing LYZ‐C gene resistant to bacterial wilt disease

“…The lysozyme encoded by the LYZC gene is capa ble to cleave the β1,4glycosidic bond between Nacetyl Dmuramic acid (MurNAc) and NacetylDglucosamine (GlcNAc) of peptidoglycan, the cell wall bacteria compo nent (YonKahn 1996). Therefore lysozyme can kill the bacteria, including R. solanacearum, by degrading their cell wall.…”

“…Possible actions to control the infection and the spread of pathogens in potato are to use diseaseresistant cultivars through the fusion of protoplasts between species (Fock et al 2000) and the introduction of disease resistance genes (R genes) to induce innate immune responses (Gururani et al 2012). Lysozyme is an enzyme with bacteriolytic activity capable of degrading peptidoglycan, a constituent of bacterial cell walls (YonKahn 1996). A gene encod ing for lysozyme has been incorporated into many plants to increase the resistance to pathogenic infections.…”