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Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylmuramic Acid

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Definition: A nucleoside diphosphate sugar which is formed from UDP-N-acetylglucosamine and phosphoenolpyruvate. It serves as the building block upon which peptidoglycan is formed.      Other names UDP Acetylmuramic Acid; Acid, UDP Acetylmuramic; Acetylmuramic Acid, UDP; Uridine Diphosphate N Acetylmuramic Acid
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
uridine 5'-diphosphoryl N-acetylmuramoyl-alanyl-glutamate  0   *Dipeptides Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylmuramic Acid/*analogs & derivatives. Biochem J 2009 Jul 15;421(2):263-72
UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanyl-glutamate  0   *Dipeptides Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylmuramic Acid. J Mol Biol 1999 Jun 11;289(3):579-90
UDP-N-acetylmuramyl-Ala-Glu-Lys-Ala-lactate  144483-60-3   Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylmuramic Acid/*analogs & derivatives Peptidoglycan. J Bacteriol 1992 Sep;174(18):5982-4
UDP-N-acetylmuramylalanine  1941-66-8   Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylmuramic Acid/*analogs & derivatives Peptidoglycan. J Bacteriol 1992 Sep;174(18):5772-9
muramyl-NAc-(pentapeptide)pyrophosphoryl-undecaprenol  0   Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylmuramic Acid/*analogs & derivatives. J Bacteriol 1991;173(11):3425
UDP-N-acetylmuramic acid pentapeptide  16124-22-4   Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylmuramic Acid/*analogs & derivatives. J Bacteriol 135(3):766;1978; Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 69(11):3355;1972

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