lantibiotic
English edit
Etymology edit
Coined in 1988 from "lanthionine-containing peptide antibiotics".
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lantibiotic (plural lantibiotics)
- 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.