muramic acid

muramic acid
A compound of glucosamine and lactic acid that occurs as a component of peptidoglycan

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  • Muramic acid — Preferred IUPAC name 2 [3 Amino 2,5 dihydroxy 6 (hydroxymethyl)oxan 4 yl]oxypropanoic acid …   Wikipedia

  • muramic acid — muramo rūgštis statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis N acetilgliukozamino ir pieno rūgšties esteris. atitikmenys: angl. muramic acid rus. мурамовая кислота …   Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 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. * * * mu·ram·ic acid myu̇ .ram ik n an amino sugar… …   Medical dictionary

  • muramic acid — noun Etymology: Latin murus wall + English + glucosamine + 1 ic Date: 1957 an amino sugar C9H17NO7 that is a lactic acid derivative of glucosamine and is found especially in bacterial cell walls …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • muramic acid — myu̇ˌramə̇k noun Etymology: mur (from Latin murus wall) + glucosamine + ic : an amino sugar C9H17NO7 that is a lactic acid derivative of glucosamine and is found especially in bacterial cell walls and in blue green algae …   Useful english dictionary

  • muramic acid — (= 3 O a carboxyethyl D glucosamine) Subunit of peptidoglycan of bacterial cell walls …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • N-acetyl muramic acid — Sugar unit of bacterial peptidoglycan, consisting of N acetyl glucosamine bearing an ether linked lactyl residue on carbon 3. Repeating unit of the cell wall polysaccharide is N acetyl muramic acid linked to N acetyl glucosamine via a b(1 4)… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • muramic — adjective Of or pertaining to muramic acid or its derivatives …   Wiktionary

  • N-Acetylmuramic acid — Identifiers CAS number 10597 89 4 …   Wikipedia

  • bacteria — bacterial, adj. bacterially, adv. /bak tear ee euh/, n.pl., sing. bacterium / tear ee euhm/. ubiquitous one celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom …   Universalium

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