depsipeptide
nounEtymology By surface analysis, depsi- + peptide.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences 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: