Muramic acid

Muramic acid
Names

Preferred IUPAC name 2-[3-Amino-2,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-4-yl]oxypropanoic acid
Systematic IUPAC name 2-{[3-Amino-2,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-4-yl]oxy}propanoic acid
Identifiers
CAS Number	1114-41-6^N 40525-29-9^Y
3DMet	B05203
Beilstein Reference	2334586
ChEBI	CHEBI:7027^N
ChemSpider	7992151 α-muramic acid^N 389857 muramic acid (mixture of anomers)^Y 394190 β-muramic acid^Y
EC Number	214-214-9
Jmol 3D model	Interactive image
KEGG	C06470^N
PubChem	441038 (2R),(3R,4R,5S,6R) 12313001 (),(3R,4R,5S,6R) 44123550 (2R),(2R,4R,6R) 45039974 (2R),() 433580
InChI Undefined anomers: InChI=1S/C9H17NO7/c1-3(8(13)14)16-7-5(10)9(15)17-4(2-11)6(7)12/h3-7,9,11-12,15H,2,10H2,1H3,(H,13,14)/t3-,4-,5-,6-,7-,9-/m1/s1^N Key: MSFSPUZXLOGKHJ-KTZFPWNASA-N^N
SMILES CC(OC1C(N)C(O)OC(CO)C1O)C(O)=O
Properties
Chemical formula	C₉H₁₇NO₇
Molar mass	251.23378
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Muramic acid is an amino sugar acid. In terms of chemical composition, it is the ether of lactic acid and glucosamine. It occurs naturally as N-acetylmuramic acid in peptidoglycan, whose primary function is a structural component of many typical bacterial cell walls.^[1]

References

↑ Muramic acid - Compound Summary, PubChem.

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