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Subunit vs Abyssomicin - What's the difference?

subunit | abyssomicin |

As nouns the difference between subunit and abyssomicin

is that subunit is any subdivision of a larger unit while abyssomicin is any of a class of polyketide antibiotics, having a spirotetronic tricyclic subunit in their structure, derived from certain marine organisms.

subunit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any subdivision of a larger unit
  • (biochemistry) A protein subunit
  • abyssomicin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) Any of a class of polyketide antibiotics, having a spirotetronic tricyclic subunit in their structure, derived from certain marine organisms