lantibiotic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined in 1988 from "lanthionine-containing peptide antibiotics".
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lantibiotic (plural lantibiotics)
- 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.