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valinomycin

[ val-uh-noh-mahy-sin ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a cyclic, peptide antibiotic, C 54 H 90 N 6 O 18 , produced by the bacterium Streptomyces fulvissimus; used experimentally to transport potassium across membranes.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of valinomycin1

< German Valinomycin (1955); valine, -o-, -mycin

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