FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term peptidoglycan metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0000270 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving peptidoglycans, any of a class of glycoconjugates found only in bacterial cell walls and consisting of long glycan strands of alternating residues of beta-(1,4) linked N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylmuramic acid, cross-linked by short peptides.[ PubMed:33139480 ]
Also Known As "murein metabolic process" ; "murein metabolism" ; "peptidoglycan metabolism"
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  aminoglycan metabolic process
   |__glycosaminoglycan metabolic process
       |__peptidoglycan metabolic process  9 rec.
           |__peptidoglycan biosynthetic process
           |   |__peptidoglycan-protein cross-linking
           |__peptidoglycan catabolic process 9 rec.
           |__peptidoglycan turnover
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Is a glycosaminoglycan metabolic process
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  • "murein metabolic process" EXACT
    "murein metabolism" EXACT
    "peptidoglycan metabolism" EXACT
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