#peptidoglycan

Peptidoglycan Structure and Functions

Peptidoglycan, also known as murein, is a polymer consisting of sugar and amino acids that forms a mesh – like layer outside the plasma membrane of most bacteria, forming the cell wall. 

The peptide chain can be cross linked to the peptide chain of another stand forming the 3D mesh like layer. Peptidoglycan serves a structural role in the bacterial cell wall, giving structural strength as well as…

Pathogenic Chlamydia Lack a Classical Sacculus but Synthesize a Narrow, Mid-cell Peptidoglycan Ring, Regulated by MreB, for Cell Division

 George Liechti,#1Erkin Kuru,#2,¤aMathanraj Packiam,1Yen-Pang Hsu,2Srinivas Tekkam,2Edward Hall,2,¤bJonathan T. Rittichier,2Michael VanNieuwenhze,2,*Yves V. Brun,3,* and Anthony T. Maurelli1,¤c*

A polymer formed from a polysaccharide backbone tied together by short polypeptides