Term Information

Accession

GO:0000270

Ontology

biological process

Synonyms

alt_id: GO:0009284

exact: murein metabolic process

exact: murein metabolism

exact: peptidoglycan metabolism

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving peptidoglycans, any of a class of glycoconjugates found only in bacterial cell walls and consisting of strands of glycosaminoglycan cross-linked by oligopeptides to form a huge and rigid network. [source: ISBN:0198506732, http://www.dsmz.de/species/murein.htm]

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External References

HAMAP (2)

• MF_01156
• MF_01623

MultiFun (1)

• 1.7.34

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