{"symbol":"PGLYRP2","synonyms":["TAGL","TAGL-LIKE","HMFT0141","PGLYRPL","PGRP-L","TAGL-BETA","TAGL-ALPHA","PGRPL"],"name":"peptidoglycan recognition protein 2","description":"This gene encodes a peptidoglycan recognition protein, which belongs to the N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase 2 family. This protein hydrolyzes the link between N-acetylmuramoyl residues and L-amino acid residues in bacterial cell wall glycopeptides, and thus may play a scavenger role by digesting biologically active peptidoglycan into biologically inactive fragments. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2011]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":114770,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/114770","proteins":[{"symbol":"PGRP2_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/PGRP2_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[]}