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depsipeptide

depsipeptide noun: any of a class of polymeric compounds having both peptide and ester linkages, often alternating.

Noun

depsipeptide (plural depsipeptides)

  1. any of a class of polymeric compounds having both peptide and ester linkages, often alternating.
    • For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp.2016 January 21, “Choose Your Weaponry: Selective Storage of a Single Toxic Compound, Latrunculin A, by Closely Related Nudibranch Molluscs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of depsipeptide

pluraldepsipeptides

Origin of depsipeptide

By surface analysis, depsi- + peptide.

Words formed from depsipeptide

Questions about depsipeptide

What does depsipeptide mean?
Depsipeptide means any of a class of polymeric compounds having both peptide and ester linkages, often alternating.
What part of speech is depsipeptide?
Depsipeptide is a noun.
What is the plural of depsipeptide?
The plural of depsipeptide is depsipeptides.

Words near depsipeptide in the dictionary

  1. depsides
  2. depsidomycin
  3. depsidomycins
  4. depsidone
  5. depsidones
  6. depsipeptide
  7. depsipeptides
  8. dept
  9. dept.
  10. Deptford
  11. Deptford pink

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