| OBO ID: CHEBI:63300 |
| Term Name: | osmoregulated periplasmic glucan | Search Ontology: | |
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| Definition: | A branched glucan of 5 to 40 glucosyl residues found in the Gram-negative bacterial envelope. Can be substituted by non-sugar moieties, such as phosphoglycerol, phosphoethanolamine, phosphocholine, acetyl, succinyl and methylmalonyl. Osmoregulated periplasmic glucans show distinct structural diversity in their glucose backbones depending on the species they are produced by. | ||
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| Ontology: | ChEBI ( EBI ) |
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