Muramic acid
{{chembox | Verifiedfields = changed | verifiedrevid = 462256044 | ImageFile = Muramic acid.svg | PIN = 2-[3-Amino-2,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-4-yl]oxypropanoic acid | SystematicName = 2-{[3-Amino-2,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-4-yl]oxy}propanoic acid |Section1=! colspan=2 style="background: #f8eaba; text-align: center;" |Identifiers
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| 2334586 |- | ChEBI
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.012.923 |- | EC Number
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- 214-214-9
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- 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/s1Key: MSFSPUZXLOGKHJ-KTZFPWNASA-N
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- CC(OC1C(N)C(O)OC(CO)C1O)C(O)=O
|- |Section2=! colspan=2 style="background: #f8eaba; text-align: center;" |Properties
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| C9H17NO7
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|- |Section3= }} 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]