Organic Chemical
cyclic peptide
cy·clic pep·tide
Subclass of:
Macrocyclic Compounds; Peptides
Definitions related to cyclic peptides:
  • Any peptide containing a ring structure.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (peptides, cyclic) Peptides whose amino acid residues are linked together forming a circular chain. Some of them are ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; some are biosynthesized non-ribosomally (PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS, NON-RIBOSOMAL).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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