๐Ÿ”ฌ Lysin

Enzyme employed by phages to break down the class="bap-term">cell wall of infected bacteria towards release of intracellular phage particles to the extracellular s=t" class="bap-term" target=_blank>milieu.

by Stephen T. Abedon Ph.D. (abedon.1@osu.edu)

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About this entry: Lysin is one of a growing set of phage biology and phage therapy terms defined here. For more phage terms, see Abedon, S.T. (2025). Phage Therapy Annotated Glossary. Preprints.org. 10.20944/preprints202508.0347.v1

phage.org/terms/lysin.html  ·  Abedon’s Books  ·  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20173633

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Lysin: Enzyme employed by phages to break down the class="bap-term">cell wall of infected bacteria towards release of intracellular phage particles to the extracellular s=t" class="bap-term" target=_blank>milieu.

Discussion

<p>Endolysins can be differentiated into a number of different types depending on what chemical bonds on the bacterial cell wall they cleave, one variant of which can be described as a lysozyme.

Lysins can be employed as stand-alone antibacterial agents, so-called enzybiotics. Note further that a substantial number of lysin/endolysin/lysozyme reviews exist.

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Abedon, S.T. (2026). Phage Terms. https://terms.phage.org  ·  10.5281/zenodo.20173633

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