Muramic acid

Muramic acid
Muramic acid
Identifiers
CAS number 1114-41-6 YesY, 40525-29-9
PubChem 441038 (2R),(3R,4R,5S,6RYesY, 12313001 (),(3R,4R,5S,6RYesY, 44123550 (2R),(2R,4R,6RYesY, 45039974 (2R),(), 433580 YesY
ChemSpider 7992151 α-muramic acid N, 389857 muramic acid (mixture of anomers) YesY, 394190 β-muramic acid
EC number 214-214-9
KEGG C06470 YesY
ChEBI CHEBI:7027 YesY
Beilstein Reference 2334586
3DMet B05203
Jmol-3D images Image 1
Properties
Molecular formula C9H17NO7
Molar mass 251.23378
 N acid (verify) (what is: YesY/N?)
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references

Muramic acid is a form of sugar acid. Chemically it is the ether between lactic acid and glucosamine. It occurs naturally as an N-acetyl derivative in peptidoglycan which has many biological functions such as a component in many typical bacterial cell walls.[1]

Chlamydiae are unusual for not having muramic acid in their cell walls.

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