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• Cooperative binding of LysM domains determines the carbohydrate affinity of a bacterial endopeptidase protein.
• Crystal structure of the TLDc domain of oxidation resistance protein 2 from zebrafish.
• Report of false positives when using zymography to assess peptidoglycan hydrolytic activity of an endopeptidase with multiple LysM domains.
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