muramic acid

muramic acid
2-Amino-3-O-(1-carboxyethyl)-2-deoxy-d-glucose; d-glucosamine and lactate in ether linkage between the 3 and 2 positions, respectively; a constituent of the mureins in bacterial cell walls.

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mu·ram·ic acid myu̇-.ram-ik- n an amino sugar C9H17NO7 that is a lactic acid derivative of glucosamine and is found esp. in bacterial cell walls

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mu·ram·ic ac·id (mu-ramґik) a compound consisting of glucosamine and lactic acid joined by an ether linkage; it occurs naturally as the N-acetyl derivative (MurNAc) in peptidoglycan, the characteristic polysaccharide composing bacterial cell walls.

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