orbatide

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noun

A group of bioactive cyclic ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptides of natural plant sources

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Meanings

nounorbatide (plural orbatides)

plural orbatides

  1. A group of bioactive cyclic ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptides of natural plant sources

    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

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

diboratebiotrade
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