Multiple choice

Which of the following is an insoluble porous cross-linked polymer of enormous strength and rigidity present only in prokaryotes?

  1. Diaminopimelic acid

  2. Pseudomurein

  3. Murein

  4. Teichoic acid

  5. Lipopolysaccharide

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Peptidoglycan, also known as murein, is a polymer consisting of sugars and amino acids that forms a mesh-like layer outside the plasma membrane of bacteria forming the cell wall. Peptidoglycan serves a structural role in the bacterial cell wall by giving structural strength as well as counteracting the osmotic pressure of the cytoplasm.