Definitions for "Peptidoglycan"
A polymer that contains equal amounts of peptide and polysaccharide.
Polysaccharide backbone with peptide cross-links that covers surface of cytoplasmic membrane and gives bacteria their shape (Lecture: The Bacterial Cell: Structure, Function, Growth, and Gene Regulation I, 1/24/02)
the cell wall material of Eubacteria, a/k/a murein. The structure of murein is discussed here.
Keywords:
sugars, combination
a combination of peptides and sugars