methanobactin
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[edit]Noun
[edit]methanobactin (plural methanobactins)
- A copper-binding peptide present in some methanotroph bacteria
- 2015 October 17, “The Features of Copper Metabolism in the Rat Liver during Development”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- This carrier was hypothesized to be similar to methanobactin, highly modified peptide of methanotrophs, which carries copper from the environment to bacteria.