Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
N-Acetylmuramic acid or MurNAc is the ether of lactic acid and N-acetylglucosamine with a chemical formula of C11H19NO8. It is part of a biopolymer in the bacterial cell wall built from alternating units of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) and N-acetylmuramic acid (MurNAc) cross-linked with oligopeptides at the lactic acid residue of MurNAc. This layered structure is called peptidoglycan.MurNAc is a monosaccharide derivative of N-acetylglucosamine.
