As nouns the difference between peptide and lantibiotic
is that peptide is a class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond while lantibiotic is 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.
peptide
Noun
(
en noun)
(biochemistry) A class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.
(biochemistry) The peptide bond itself.
Hyponyms
* See also
Derived terms
* dipeptide
* lipopeptide
* mucopeptide
* neuropeptide
* octapeptide
* pentapeptide
* peptide chain
* polypeptide
* tripeptide
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lantibiotic
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(
wikipedia lantibiotic)
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.