Multiple choice

Which of these is an enzyme present in many tissue fluids, and can lyse the susceptible bacteria by splitting the cell wall mucopeptide linkages?

  1. Permease

  2. Methylase

  3. Lysozyme

  4. Xylanase

  5. Protease

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The human body's own antibiotic lysozymes found in tears work by breaking the β(1, 4) glycosidic bonds in peptidoglycan, and thereby destroying many bacterial cells.