Biomaterial Database

G Pellon

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009112	Muramic Acids	Compounds consisting of glucosamine and lactate joined by an ether linkage. They occur naturally as N-acetyl derivatives in peptidoglycan, the characteristic polysaccharide composing bacterial cell walls. (From Dorland, 28th ed)	Muramic Acid,Acid, Muramic,Acids, Muramic
D010457	Peptidoglycan	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.	Murein,Pseudomurein
D014537	Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylglucosamine	Serves as the biological precursor of insect chitin, of muramic acid in bacterial cell walls, and of sialic acids in mammalian glycoproteins.	UDP Acetylglucosamine,UDPGNAc,Uridine Diphospho-N-Acetylglucosamine,Uridine Pyrophosphoacetylglucosamine,Uridine Diphosphate N Acetylglucosamine,Acetylglucosamine, UDP,Diphosphate N-Acetylglucosamine, Uridine,Diphospho-N-Acetylglucosamine, Uridine,N-Acetylglucosamine, Uridine Diphosphate,Pyrophosphoacetylglucosamine, Uridine,Uridine Diphospho N Acetylglucosamine