... 17LysozymesLysozymes represent a family of enzymes that degra debacterial cell walls by hydrolyzing the 1,4-beta-linkagesbetween N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and N-acetylmuramicacid in peptidoglycan ... encoding insect cecro-pins, drosocin (and other proline-rich arthropod AMPs),diptericin (and other glycine-rich AMPs), drosomycin,metchnikowin, formicin, moricin, spingerin, gomesin,tachyplesin, ... -D-glucosamine), hydrolyzing 1,4-beta-linkages between N-acetyl-D-glucosamines. Chiti-nases and lysozymes represent a superfamily of hydro-lases, and their catalytic activities are similar. Indeed,some...