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PG recycling pathway

Write a description of the peptidoglycan recycling pathway.


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Peptidoglycan is a very rigid sugar-coated protein matrix that makes up the cell wall of many bacteria.  If peptidoglycan is so rigid how do cells divide?  Allow me to introduce the peptidoglycan recycling pathway.

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