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Thioether vs Lantibiotic - What's the difference?

thioether | lantibiotic |

As nouns the difference between thioether and lantibiotic

is that thioether is thioether 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.

thioether

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) any analogue of an ether, or general formula RSR', in which the oxygen has been replaced by sulfur; an organic sulfide

    • See also

    *thioaldehyde *thiocarboxylic acid *thioketone

    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.