Question

This substance is produced by the elongasome and divisome complexes. This substance is degraded by a hydrolase derived from hen egg whites that was the first enzyme to have its crystal structure solved. Some endolysins break down this substance by binding to teichoic acids. Mycoplasma (10[1])lack this substance, which means they can't be killed by drugs like carbapenems. Archaea have a "pseudo-" form of this substance with beta-1,3 (“beta-one-three”) linkages that makes them resistant to lysozyme. (-5[1])D-amino acids on adjacent NAG (-5[1])(“nag”) and NAM (10[1])(“nam”) chains are cross-linked together during the synthesis of (10[1])this substance, which is inhibited by beta-lactam antibiotics such (10[1])as amoxicillin. Crystal violet binds to a thick (10[1])layer of this polymer when staining Gram-positive cells. For 10 points, name this polysaccharide that (-5[1])makes up the cell wall of bacteria. ■END■

ANSWER: peptidoglycan [or murein; prompt on cell wall]
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2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y875%0%38%86.50

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Richard NiuCornell CRutgers B4410
Cyrus HodgsonBard ARowan A67-5
Max HauslerVassarColumbia A72-5
Vishal KanigicherlaPenn APenn B7410
Lydia TarekegnYale APrinceton B8210
Peter NelsonYale CHaverford9110
Dylan Epstein-Gross (DII)Princeton AColumbia B9910
Nat KuNYU ANYU B114-5
Albert ZhangColumbia AVassar12910
Rico-ian BantingNYU BNYU A1290
Ashish KumbhardareRowan ABard A1290