EOG8PG8DR GO:0009253 3/17 peptidoglycan catabolic process biological_process "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of peptidoglycans, any of a class of glycoconjugates found in bacterial cell walls." [http://www.dsmz.de/species/murein.htm, ISBN:0198506732] EOG8PG8DR GO:0008745 3/17 N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase activity molecular_function "Catalysis of the hydrolysis of the link between N-acetylmuramoyl residues and L-amino acid residues in certain bacterial cell-wall glycopeptides." [EC:3.5.1.28] EOG8PG8DR GO:0004252 1/17 serine-type endopeptidase activity molecular_function "Catalysis of the hydrolysis of internal, alpha-peptide bonds in a polypeptide chain by a catalytic mechanism that involves a catalytic triad consisting of a serine nucleophile that is activated by a proton relay involving an acidic residue (e.g. aspartate or glutamate) and a basic residue (usually histidine)." [GOC:mah, http://merops.sanger.ac.uk/about/glossary.htm#CATTYPE, ISBN:0716720094]