Lysozyme breaks down peptidoglycans found in bacterial cell walls especially those of Gram - positive bacteria. (appliedhealth.com)
Just a few years later, merging the two types of physics let Warshel and Levitt build computer simulations to study a chemical reaction involving lysozyme, an enzyme in tears and saliva that can chop through bacterial cell walls. (sciencenews.org)
Autoimmunity is commonly caused by bacterial infections or overgrowth in the small intestine, in which partially digested food compounds are incorporated into bacterial cell walls and then the immune system, reacting to the bacteria, forms antibodies that also recognize food compounds, some of which might cross-react with human counterparts. (phoenixhelix.com)