A secreted LysM effector of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici protects the fungal hyphae against chitinase hydrolysis through ligand-dependent polymerisation of LysM homodimers
The LysM (lysin motif) domain is about 40 residues long. It is found in a variety of enzymes involved in bacterial cell wall degradation [1]. This domain may have a general peptidoglycan binding function. The structure of this domain is known [2].