peptidoglycan metabolic process
The chemical reactions and pathways involving peptidoglycans, any of a class of glycoconjugates found only in bacterial cell walls and consisting of long glycan strands of alternating residues of beta-(1,4) linked N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylmuramic acid, cross-linked by short peptides.
GO:0030203
glycosaminoglycan metabolic process
is_a
murein metabolic process
exact
murein metabolism
exact
peptidoglycan metabolism
exact