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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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{title=Peptidoglycan <polymer> structure}


Peptidoglycan

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We define a "sugar" as either of:
* <monosaccharides>
* <disaccharides>
because these are small <carbohydrates>, and they taste sweet to <humans>.


Ciro Santilli @cirosantilli 37

 Incoming links: Monosaccharide