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. 2021 Sep 2;118(36):e2103740118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2103740118

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Fig. 1. — Lytic transglycosylases and muramidases cleave MurNAc(β-1,4)GlcNAc bonds in peptidoglycan. (A) Structure of the peptidoglycan precursor Lipid II used in this study to make nascent peptidoglycan. C55-PP: undecaprenyl pyrophosphate. (B) Structure of a peptidoglycan oligomer showing the chemical bond cleaved by lytic transglycosylases and muramidases. (C) Lytic transglycosylase and muramidase cleavage products have anhydro-MurNAc (1) and MurNAc (2) at the liberated reducing end, respectively.