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What is the macromolecular network that makes up the cell wall of archaea?

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Pseudomurein

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Archaeal cell walls are made of complex heteropolysaccharides such as pseudomurein. The pseudomurein is a polymer similar to peptidoglycan but has L amino acids in the cross-links rather than D-amino acids as found in peptidoglycan. Pseudomurein contains N -acetyltalosaminuronic and the type of glycosidic linkage is β(1→3) glycosidic bonds. It is called pseudomurein due to its similarities with murein (peptidoglycan) which in turn makes the cell walls of bacteria.

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