muramic, a. Biochem.
(mjʊəˈræmɪk)
[f. L. mūr-us wall + amine + -ic.]
muramic acid: an amino-sugar, C9H17NO7, which is present in combined form in the cell walls of bacteria and in bacterial spores.
| 1957 Nature 27 Apr. 841/2 An acidic hexosamine, first found in a product from bacterial spores, which Strange has provisionally characterized as 3-0-α-carboxyethyl hexosamine and has named ‘muramic acid’. 1969 [see murein]. 1973 Physiol. Plant Path. III. 366 Muramic acid and glucosamine are less stable to acid hydrolysis than are amino acids. |