orbatide

English

Noun

orbatide (plural orbatides)

1. A group of bioactive cyclic ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptides of natural plant sources
   • 2017, Jonathan R. Chekan, Paola Estrada, Patrick S. Covello, and Satish K. Nair, Characterization of the macrocyclase involved in the biosynthesis of RiPP cyclic peptides in plants, PNAS, page 6551

     The first macrocyclic orbitide, cyclolinopeptide A, was isolated in 1959 from flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum) oil

Anagrams

• Abodrite, diborate