3-Deoxy-2-octulosonidase
3-Deoxy-2-octulosonidase is an enzyme with systematic name capsular-polysaccharide 3-deoxy-D-manno-2-octulosonohydrolase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
The bacteriophage enzyme depolymerizes polysaccharides containing 3-deoxy-2-octulosonide in the cell wall of Escherichia coli.