Holin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Holin is a noun meaning (biology) Any of a diverse group of small proteins produced by dsDNA bacteriophages in order to trigger and control the degradation of the host's cell wall at the end of the lytic cycle.
Meaning
(biology) Any of a diverse group of small proteins produced by dsDNA bacteriophages in order to trigger and control the degradation of the host's cell wall at the end of the lytic cycle.
Example Sentences
All known pneumococcal phages contain a cell wall lytic system consisting of a holin that permeabilizes the cell membrane, and either an N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase (amidase) or a lysozyme, capable of digesting the pneumococcal cell wall (8 ).
Word Forms
- holins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include antiholin, heterolysin, prohemolysin, hydrophilin, halolysin, heterolysis.
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