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The peptidoglycan chain is made up of polymers of:

a) alanine and glycine
b) cytosine and guanine
c) glucose and ribose
d) ATP and protein
e) N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetylglocosamine

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Answer:

e) N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetylglocosamine

Step-by-step explanation:

Peptidoglycan

It is a polymer of amino acids and sugar , and is the present in the outside of the plasma membrane of most of the bacteria forming the cell wall .

Peptidoglycan main function is the structure formation of the cell wall i.e. giving the structural strength , even helps in the osmotic pressure of the cytoplasm . It is also responsible in the binary fission during the process of reproduction of the bacterial cell .

The peptiglycan chain is composed of the polymers , N-acetylmuramic acid ( NAM ) and N-acetylglocosamine ( NAG ) .

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