thiopeptide

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English

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Etymology

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From thio- +‎ peptide.

Noun

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thiopeptide (plural thiopeptides)

  1. (biochemistry, medicine) Any of a family of antibiotics composed of a ring structure containing highly modified amino acids and a linear peptide containing dehydroalanines extending from the ring at a pyridyl group