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depsipeptides

depsipeptides is the plural of depsipeptide.

Meaning of depsipeptide

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

Questions about depsipeptides

What is depsipeptides the plural of?
Depsipeptides is the plural of depsipeptide.

Words near depsipeptides in the dictionary

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