different between unsaturated vs lantibiotic

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un- +? saturated

unsaturated (not comparable)

(chemistry, of a solution) Not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a solute at the same temperature.
(chemistry) Of a compound containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond, especially of an organic compound having one or more double bonds or triple bonds between carbon atoms.
(of a colour) Not chromatically pure; diluted.

Coined in 1988 from "lanthionine-containing peptide antibiotics".

lantibiotic (plural lantibiotics)

Any of a class of peptide antibiotics that contain polycyclic thioether amino acids as well as the unsaturated amino acids dehydroalanine and 2-aminoisobutyric acid.

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