N-Acetylmuramic acid (NAMA), a lactic acid ether derivative of N-acetylglucosamine found in bacterial cell wall proteoglycans, is used as a substrate to identify, differentiate and characterize N-acetylmuramic acid/N-acetylglucosamine kinase(s) and N-acetylmuramic acid etherase(s).
Acetyl derivative of Muramic acid.
As chemical marker for the detection of bacterial contamination.
ChEBI: Aldehydo-N-acetylmuramic acid is a N-acetylmuramic acid. It is functionally related to an aldehydo-muramic acid.
