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Coined in 1988 from "lanthionine-containing peptide antibiotics".
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lantibiotic
Today it means: 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. Full definition →