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Meso-2,6-diaminopimelic acid may be used to study peptidoglycan structure and function within the cell walls of bacteria.

ChEBI: Meso-2,6-diaminopimelic acid is the meso-isomer of 2,6-diaminopimelic acid. It is a key constituent of bacterial peptidoglycan and is often found in human urine due to the breakdown of the gut microbes. It has a role as a human metabolite. It is a conjugate acid of a meso-2,6-diaminopimelate(2-). It is a tautomer of a meso-2,6-diaminopimelic acid dizwitterion.

Penultimate biosynthetic precursor of the essential amino acid L-lysine. Component of peptidoglycan in the cell wall of many bacteria.