Glycerol diphosphate disaccharide-pentapeptide: A functional group of the lipid intermediate in cell wall glycopeptide synthesis

Glycerol diphosphate disaccharide-pentapeptide has been isolated as a degradation product of a phospholipid intermediate in cell wall glycopeptide synthesis. Thus, the disaccharide-pentapeptide is linked to a glycerol residue in the phospholipid through a pyrophosphate bridge.