Lytic Enzyme Inhibitor, Lysis Inhibitor, Inhibitor of Poly-y-glutamic Acid Degradation, and Method for Producing Poly- y-glutamic Acid

摘要

This invention relates to inhibition of microbial lysis via regulation of activity of a lytic enzyme for degrading the cell wall. The lytic enzyme inhibitor and the lysis inhibitor are each composed mainly of the Bacillus subtilis-derived YoeB gene or the YoeB protein encoded by a gene homologous to the YoeB gene. An example of the YoeB protein is a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2.