| Term Name: | carboxymycobactin |
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| Synonyms: | carboxymycobactins, ExMB, Exomycobactin |
| Definition: | Any one of a class of α-amino acid ester-lactams secreted by, amongst others, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and which are both lipid- and water-soluble and act as siderophores. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:62579] ( EBI ) |