orbatide
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orbatide (plural orbatides)
- A group of bioactive cyclic ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptides of natural plant sources
- 2017, Jonathan R. Chekan, Paola Estrada, Patrick S. Covello, and Satish K. Nair, Characterization of the macrocyclase involved in the biosynthesis of RiPP cyclic peptides in plants, PNAS, page 6551
- The first macrocyclic orbitide, cyclolinopeptide A, was isolated in 1959 from flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum) oil
- 2017, Jonathan R. Chekan, Paola Estrada, Patrick S. Covello, and Satish K. Nair, Characterization of the macrocyclase involved in the biosynthesis of RiPP cyclic peptides in plants, PNAS, page 6551