Definition of "lipopeptide" []

• An organic compound of lipids and peptides. (noun)

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• "It has developed several types of resistance to vancomycin, a glycopeptide, which for decades was the MRSA drug of last resort, and is beginning to exhibit resistance to drugs in newly developed families that were intended to replace vancomycin: linezolid (Zyvox), an oxazolidinone, and daptomycin (marketed as Cubicin), a lipopeptide."
• "Enzymatic and chemical modifications of lipopeptide antibiotic A21978C: the synthesis and evaluation of daptomycin LY146032."
• "The molecule, a lipopeptide, had a unique mechanism."