peptidoglycan
- noun
- /ˌpɛp.tɪ.doʊˈɡlaɪ.kæn/
- Specialized
- For example, native amidase-active PGRPs are used by tsetse flies to shield their nutritional endosymbionts from the host immune system by recycling peptidoglycan from lysed endosymbiont cells.
- peptidoglycan layer
Examples
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The researchers found that these non-toxic dyes preferentially label the sites where the peptidoglycan is synthesized, enabling fine spatiotemporal tracking of cell wall dynamics.
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Common bacterial glycoconjugates include the capsular polysaccharide, glycosylated proteins, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and peptidoglycan.
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Shortening of this bridge prevents peptidoglycan linking.
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Supplementing the cells with glycine resulted in relatively normal peptidoglycan with only a few missing bridges.
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This is the structure of the chemical dye that stains peptidoglycan through absorbing into the peptidoglycan.
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Bacteria-to-eukaryote HGT events include not only genes for peptidoglycan degradation but also genes for peptidoglycan synthesis.
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Although a peptidoglycan layer has been found surrounding the chloroplasts of mosses, no detectable peptidoglycan layer seems to exist in A. thaliana.
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The lack of endotoxin in the outer cell wall is compensated for by the presence of exposed peptidoglycan and a range of other toxic secreted products.
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Tae proteins cleave the amide linkages of peptidoglycan and were domesticated in at least three eukaryotic supergroups (Fig. 3; Table 1).
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The cell wall of most bacteria is primarily composed of peptidoglycan, which provides structural support and protection.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Peptidoglycan comes from the parts peptido- meaning 'small piece of protein' and glycan meaning 'sugar chain'. So, it literally names a sugar-and-protein layer that makes the outer wall of many bacteria.