For an initial concrete example, consider e. Coli K-12 MG1655 gene thrA.
How Enzymes Work by RCSBProteinDataBank (2017)
Source. Shows in detail how aconitase catalyses the citrate to isocitrate reaction in the citric acid cycle.Forms the bacterial cell wall.
From the Wikipedia image we can see clearly the polymer structure formed: it is a mesh with:
- sugar covalent bond chains in one direction. These have two types of monosaccharide, NAM and NAG
- peptide chains on the other, and only coming off from NAM
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