A structural polymer of the bacterial cell envelope consisting of sugars and amino acids which is responsible for both shape determination and cellular integrity under osmotic stress in virtually all bacteria.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D010457
altLabel
Murein
Pseudomurein
AN
coordinate with specific bacterium
AQL
AD AE AN BI BL CF CH CL DE EC GE HI IM IP ME PD PO RE TO TU UL UR
cui
C0030958
C0033821
DC
1
definition
A structural polymer of the bacterial cell envelope consisting of sugars and amino acids which is responsible for both shape determination and cellular integrity under osmotic stress in virtually all bacteria.