LYTIC ENZYME INHIBITOR, LYSIS INHIBITOR, INHIBITOR OF DEGRADATION OF POLY- GAMMA-GLUTAMIC ACID, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF POLY- GAMMA-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.