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orbatide

orbatide noun: a group of bioactive cyclic ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptides of natural plant sources.

Noun

orbatide (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) oil2017, 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

Forms of orbatide

pluralorbatides

Questions about orbatide

What does orbatide mean?
Orbatide means a group of bioactive cyclic ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptides of natural plant sources.
What part of speech is orbatide?
Orbatide is a noun.
What is the plural of orbatide?
The plural of orbatide is orbatides.

Words near orbatide in the dictionary

  1. Orbanism
  2. Orbanization
  3. Orbanomics
  4. ORBAT
  5. orbate
  6. orbatide
  7. orbatides
  8. orbation
  9. Orbaugh
  10. orbe
  11. orbed

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