Depsipeptide
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Depsipeptide is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) any of a class of polymeric compounds having both peptide and ester linkages, often alternating.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) any of a class of polymeric compounds having both peptide and ester linkages, often alternating.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- depsipeptides
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include peptide, cyclodepsipeptide, petide, dipeptide, isodipeptide, octadepsipeptide.
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