thiopeptide

Noun

Meaning

thiopeptide (plural thiopeptides)

(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

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Close letter words and terms

thiopental sodium thiopentobarbital sodium thiopentone thiopeptin thiopeptolide thioperamide