Lantibiotic Uncommon

Definition, synonyms and related words

Definitions

Noun

Any of a class of peptide antibiotics that contain polycyclic thioether amino acids as well as the unsaturated amino acids dehydroalanine and 2-aminoisobutyric acid.

See Also

dehydroalanine cinnamycin duramycin polycyclic lichenicidin mersacidin planosporicin unsaturated

Related Terms

dehydroalanine cinnamycin duramycin polycyclic lichenicidin mersacidin planosporicin unsaturated antibiotic peptide ruminococcin nukacin microbisporicin thioether amino acid labyrinthopeptin actagardine aminoisobutyric

Rhyming Words

tic otic etic ictic mutic lotic attic ontic istic vatic octic latic metic artic ustic matic votic retic optic nitic

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