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To: spunkets

D-alanine and D-glutamic acid are both important components in the peptidoglycan of bacteria.


95 posted on 02/04/2006 4:32:19 PM PST by furball4paws (Awful Offal)
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To: furball4paws
"D-alanine and D-glutamic acid are both important components in the peptidoglycan of bacteria."

They are enzymatically converted from L, post translation.

100 posted on 02/04/2006 4:48:30 PM PST by spunkets
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