Question

Diagrammatically represent peptidoglycan biosynthesis.

Answer 1

Peptidoglycan is a discontinuous, mesh-like, heteropolymeric macromolecule, either located outside the cytoplasmic membrane of Gram-positive bacteria or in-between the inner and outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. ... The biosynthesis of peptidoglycan can be generally divided into three stages (Figure 1).