Diversity and Standard Nomenclature of Staphylococcus aureus Hyaluronate Lyases HysA and HysB

ABSTRACT Bacterial hyaluronate lyases (Hys) are enzymes that degrade hyaluronic acid in their host and are known to contribute to the pathogenesis of several illnesses. The first two identified Hys genes in Staphylococcus aureus were registered as hysA1 and hysA2. However, their annotations have bee...

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Main Authors: Junzo Hisatsune, Yuma Koizumi, Kotaro Tanimoto, Motoyuki Sugai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-08-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00524-23