Oligomeric intermediate in peptidoglycan biosynthesis in Bacillus megaterium.
- 1 November 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 73 (11) , 4200-4204
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.73.11.4200
Abstract
An oligomeric intermediate in the biosynthetic pathway of peptidoglycan was isolated from B. megaterium. The oligomer was identified as [disaccharide(pentapeptide)]12 pyrophosphoryl undecaprenol.Keywords
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