Meanings
nounmethanobactin (plural methanobactins)
plural methanobactins
- A copper-binding peptide present in some methanotroph bacteria
This carrier was hypothesized to be similar to methanobactin, highly modified peptide of methanotrophs, which carries copper from the environment to bacteria.
2015 October 17, “The Features of Copper Metabolism in the Rat Liver during Development”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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