basics on bacterial structure

Question 1

bacterial cell wall is made mostly of this component?

Answer 1

peptidoglycan

Question 2

what makes up the peptidoglycan of bacterial cell wall?

Answer 2

chains of N acetyl-glucosamine and N-acetyl-muramic acid

Question 3

how do we find the carb. chains (NAM-NAG) that make up peptidoglycan in bacterial cell wall?

Answer 3

cross linked

Question 4

what enzymes are used in bacterial to make up the cross linking of its cells wall?

Answer 4

carboxypeptidases

transpeptidases

Question 5

what is another name for transpeptidases and carboxypeptidases?

Answer 5

penicillin-binding proteins (PBP)