N-acetylglucosamine

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N-Acetylglucosamine, or GlcNAc is a monosaccharide derivative of glucose. It is part of the bacterial cell wall, a biopolymer build from alternating units of N-acetyl glucosamine (GlcNAc) and N-acetyl muramic acid (MurNAc), cross-linked with oligopeptides at the lactic acid residue of MurNAc. The so formed layered structure is called peptidoglycan.

 

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