Catlytic type: Metallo; cleaves either the N-acylmuramoyl-Ala bond between the cell wall peptidoglycan and the cross-linking peptideor a bond within the cross-linking peptide (e.g. stapholysin), with preference for Gly bonds; used by certain bacteria to lyse cell walls of other bacteria, either as a defensive or feeding mechanism
Endopeptidases that lyse bacterial cell wall peptidoglycans