Editing Lysozyme (section)

=== Superfamily ===
The conventional C-type lysozyme is part of a larger group of structurally and mechanistically related enzymes termed the ''lysozyme [[Protein superfamily|superfamily]]''. This family unites GH22 C-type ("chicken") lysozymes with plant chitinase [[Glycoside hydrolase family 19|GH19]], G-type ("goose") lysozyme [[Glycoside hydrolase family 23|GH23]], V-type ("viral") lysozyme [[Glycoside hydrolase family 24|GH24]] and the chitosanase [[Glycoside hydrolase family 46|GH46]] families. The lysozyme-type nomenclature only reflects the source a type is originally isolated from and does not fully reflect the taxonomic distribution.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Wohlkönig A, Huet J, Looze Y, Wintjens R | title = Structural relationships in the lysozyme superfamily: significant evidence for glycoside hydrolase signature motifs | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 5 | issue = 11 | pages = e15388 | date = November 2010 | pmid = 21085702 | pmc = 2976769 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0015388 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2010PLoSO...515388W }}</ref> For example, humans and many other mammals have two G-type lysozyme genes, [[LYG1]] and [[LYG2]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Irwin DM | title = Evolution of the vertebrate goose-type lysozyme gene family | journal = BMC Evolutionary Biology | volume = 14 | issue = 1 | pages = 188 | date = August 2014 | pmid = 25167808 | pmc = 4243810 | doi = 10.1186/s12862-014-0188-x | bibcode = 2014BMCEE..14..188I | doi-access = free }}</ref>