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properties of the cell wall,
which plays a
vital role in pathogenesis.
Peptidoglycans can be
degraded by
several enzymes (lysozyme, glucosaminidase, endopeptidase...
- Lysozyme's
active site
binds the
peptidoglycan molecule in the
prominent cleft between its two domains. It
attacks peptidoglycans (found in the cell
walls of...
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bacteria have a
thick layer of
peptidoglycan within the cell wall, and Gram-negative
bacteria have a thin
layer of
peptidoglycan. Gram-positive
bacteria take...
- Gonzalez-Santana, Ayoze; Diaz Heijtz, Roc****ys (2020). "Bacterial
Peptidoglycans from
Microbiota in
Neurodevelopment and Behavior".
Trends in Molecular...
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thick layer of
peptidoglycan in the cell wall that
retains the
primary stain,
crystal violet. Gram-negative
cells have a
thinner peptidoglycan layer that...
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peptidases and N-acetylmuramyl-l-alanine
amidase active on
bacterial wall
peptidoglycans". Biochemistry. 8 (1): 213–22. doi:10.1021/bi00829a031. PMID 5777325...
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defining characteristic is
their cell envelope,
which consists of a thin
peptidoglycan cell wall
sandwiched between an
inner (cytoplasmic)
membrane and an...
- agar,
distinct from
those in land plants.
Bacterial cell
walls contain peptidoglycan,
while archaeal cell
walls vary in composition,
potentially consisting...
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Peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.129) is an
enzyme used in the
biosynthesis of
peptidoglycan. It
transfers a disaccharide-peptide from a donor...
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peptidoglycan precursors,
which triggers the
digestion of
existing peptidoglycan by
autolytic hydrolases without the
production of new
peptidoglycan....
