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. 1972 Dec;112(3):1306–1309. doi: 10.1128/jb.112.3.1306-1309.1972

Isolation of the Lipid Intermediate in Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis from Escherichia coli

Jay N Umbreit a,1, Jack L Strominger a
PMCID: PMC251564  PMID: 4565540

Abstract

The lipid intermediate in peptidoglycan biosynthesis was isolated from Escherichia coli strain W and characterized as C55-isoprenyl-pyrophosphoryl N-acetylmuramyl(-pentapeptide)-N-acetyl-glucosamine.

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