Lanthionine

• 3,3 '- Thiodialanin
• (R, R ) -3,3 '-thiobis -2- aminopropionic acid

Fixed

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Lanthionine is a non- proteinogenic amino acid, which is related to the cystine. It is found in hair, wool and feathers, but was also found in bacterial cell walls.

Lanthionine 1941 first in the treatment of wool with sodium carbonate and was isolated as the first synthesized using cysteine ​​and β - chloroalanine.

From lanthionine a group of peptide antibiotics is derived from: the lantibiotics. These include mersacidin, nisin, subtilin, and epidermin ancovenin.

Lanthionine may be formed from the amino acid cysteine ​​and dehydroalanine by an addition.