How to Spell Murein?

  1. Phonetic spelling of murein. murein. myur′ē-ĭn.
  2. Meanings for murein.
  3. Examples of in a sentence.
  4. Translations of murein. Spanish : mureína. Russian : муреин

What is the meaning of Murein?

Definition. A crystal lattice structure in the cell wall of eubacteria formed by the linear chains of two alternating amino sugars (N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylmuramic acid) that are connected to one another by the crosslinking of short peptide chains attached to N-acetylmuramic acid.

What is the meaning of word peptidoglycan?

: a polymer that is composed of polysaccharide and peptide chains and is found especially in bacterial cell walls. — called also mucopeptide, murein.

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