peptidoglycan metabolic process (Q21762537)
The chemical reactions and pathways involving peptidoglycans, any of a class of glycoconjugates found only in bacterial cell walls and consisting of strands of glycosaminoglycan cross-linked by oligopeptides to form a huge and rigid network.
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aliases GO:0000270
 peptidoglycan metabolism
 murein metabolic process
 murein metabolism
description The chemical reactions and pathways involving peptidoglycans, any of a class of glycoconjugates found only in bacterial cell walls and consisting of strands of glycosaminoglycan cross-linked by oligopeptides to form a huge and rigid network.

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(P686) GO:0000270
(P2892) C1157821