Bacteriolysin

Class of substances which dissolve bacterial cell walls

One of the serum substances which is part of the dissolution process of bacteria, the enzymes will promote the dissolution of the bacterial cell wall and cause the death of the bacteria.

Bacteriolysin probably functions by deregulating lipoteichoic acid (LTA) in Gram-positive bacteria and phospholipids in Gram-negative bacteria.

References

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1034/j.1600-0463.2002.1101101.x/abstract;jsessionid=C40F7DA658C09C4F8491ACD72F89E9B7.f04t04

Lymphocytic adaptive immune system and complement

Lymphoid

Antigens	Antigen Superantigen Allergen Antigenic variation Hapten Epitope Linear Conformational Mimotope Antigen presentation/professional APCs: Dendritic cell Macrophage B cell Immunogen
Antibodies	Antibody Monoclonal antibodies Polyclonal antibodies Autoantibody Microantibody Polyclonal B cell response Allotype Isotype Idiotype Immune complex Paratope
Immunity vs. tolerance	Action: Immunity Autoimmunity Alloimmunity Allergy Hypersensitivity Inflammation Cross-reactivity Co-stimulation Inaction: Tolerance Central Peripheral Clonal anergy Clonal deletion Tolerance in pregnancy Immunodeficiency Immune privilege
Immunogenetics	Affinity maturation Somatic hypermutation Clonal selection V(D)J recombination Junctional diversity Immunoglobulin class switching MHC/HLA