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Definition
: The outermost layer of a cell in most PLANTS; BACTERIA; FUNGI; and ALGAE. The cell wall is usually a rigid structure that lies external to the CELL MEMBRANE, and provides a protective barrier against physical or chemical agents.
Examples
Cell Wall Skeleton
Other names
Walls, Cell; Wall, Cell; Cell Walls
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
yoeB protein, Bacillus subtilis
0
*Bacterial Proteins
*Carrier Proteins
Cell Wall.
J Bacteriol 2007 Jul;189(13):4671-80
TBF-
1 protein, Tuber borchii
0
*Fungal Proteins
Cell Wall.
Fungal Genet Biol 1998 Nov;25(2):87-99
HEP200 protein, Cylindrotheca fusiformis
0
*Algal Proteins
Cell Wall
Diatoms.
Eur J Biochem 1997 Nov 15;250(1):99-105
gordonin
0
*Glycoconjugates
*Lipopeptides
Cell Wall.
J Biol Chem 1997 Apr 18;272(16):10729-38
CCW14 protein, S cerevisiae
0
*Cell Wall
*Membrane Glycoproteins
*Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins.
J Bacteriol 1997 Apr;179(7):2154-62
CYP15a protein, Pisum sativum
EC 3.4.22.-
*Cysteine Endopeptidases
*Plant Proteins
Cell Wall
Water-Electrolyte Balance.
Plant Mol Biol 1995 Sep;28(6):1055-65
CWP2 protein, S cerevisiae
0
*Membrane Glycoproteins
*Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
Cell Wall.
J Bacteriol 1995 Jun;177(11):3104-10
MsPRP2 protein, Medicago sativa
0
*Plant Proteins
Cell Wall.
Plant Mol Biol 1995 Jan;27(2):411-8
WP6 protein, Chlamydomonas eugametos
0
*Plant Proteins
Cell Wall.
Plant Mol Biol 1994 Nov;26(3):947-60
(N-
acetylmuramyl-
N-
acetylglucosaminyl)-
alanyl-
glutamyl-
diaminopimelyl-
alanine
0
*Disaccharides
*Oligopeptides
*Peptidoglycan
Cell Wall
Escherichia coli.
Science 1993 Dec 24;262(5142):2030-3
mannoproteins
0
*Membrane Glycoproteins
Cell Wall
Mannans.
J Biol Chem 1980;255(12):5979