Lysozyme As The Best Naturally Developed Antibiotic

Lysozyme protects us from the any bacterial infection. Lysozyme is a small enzyme that attacks the protective cell walls made of carbohydrate chains of bacteria. Bacteria build a tough skin of carbohydrate chains, linked by polypeptide chains , that protect bacterial membrane against the cells osmotic pressure. Lysozyme hydrolyse these carbohydrate chains, destroying the cell wall. The bacteria explode under their own internal pressure. This catalytic activity is non-specifically targeted to the bacterial cell membranes and related with general non-specific organism defence.

Lysozyme, also known as PR1-Lysozyme or PR1-Lysozyme was discovered by Alexander Fleming during a deliberate search for medical antibiotics.

Over a period of years , he use everything to bacterial culturesto prevent their grows. He find lysozyme by chance. Once, when he had a cold, he added a big drop of mucus to the bacterial culture and , much to his surprise, it killed the bacteria. He had find one of our own natural protection against infection. It can be used topically, but cannot rid the entire body of disease, because it is too large to travel between cells.

Lysozyme protects all open areas subjected to high bacterial grows . In our website you can find detailedlysozyme pictured from hen egg whites, where it serves to protect the proteins that will nourish the developing chick. Lysozyme was the first protein ever to have its structure solved you can find it in PDB entry 2lyz. Our tears and mucus contain lysozyme to protect infection of our exposed surfaces. Our blood is the worst place to have bacteria grow, as they would be delivered to all corners of the body. In the blood, lysozyme provides some protection, together along with the immune system.

Recent researches reveals that lysozyme human urinary lysozyme can stop HIV entering into human body , which mean that lysozyme have some reasonable anti-HIV activity. Unfortunately there is no way to use lysozyme against HIV virus which already infect human body. Nevertheless, the presence of lysozyme significantly reduce chances to be infected during contacts with infected substances.

By: Vasilko Bykov

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