mureceptorlike
mureceptorlike is a term used to describe proteins that share structural or functional similarities with known bacterial murein binding proteins. Murein, also known as peptidoglycan, is a major component of the cell wall in most bacteria. Murein binding proteins, often referred to as Murein-Binding Proteins (MBPs) or often by their specific function such as MurC, MurD, MurE, and MurF, are crucial enzymes involved in the synthesis of this essential cell wall polymer. These enzymes catalyze the addition of specific amino acids and peptide chains to the growing peptidoglycan structure.
Proteins classified as "mureceptorlike" typically exhibit conserved domains or motifs that are characteristic of these murein
The identification of mureceptorlike proteins is often achieved through comparative sequence analysis and protein domain prediction