Ectoine, eo lebitso la eona la lik'hemik'hale e leng tetrahydromethylpyrimidine carboxylic acid/tetrahydropyrimidine, ke motsoako oa amino acid. Mohloli oa pele ke letša la letsoai lehoatateng la Egepeta hore maemong a feteletseng (mocheso o phahameng, komello, mahlaseli a matla a UV, letsoai le phahameng, khatello ea osmotic) lehoatateng halophilic libaktheria li hlahisa karolo ea tlhaho e sireletsang karolong e ka ntle ea sele. Ectoine e ka fumanoa tlhahong palo e kholo ea libaktheria tse fapaneng, tse e hlahisang hantle ka mabaka a boletsoeng pejana. Ehlile, ts'ireletso e joalo e ikhethang mefuteng e e hlahisang e khothalelitse lithuto tse ngata mabapi le ts'ebeliso e ka bang teng ea ectoine ho batho.

Melemo ea Ectoine bakeng sa tlhokomelo ea letlalo:

1.Mongobo

Le leng la mabaka a entseng horeEctoinee ka lumella libaktheria tsa halophilic ho phela maemong a feteletseng ke hore e ka laola khatello ea osmotic.Ke ntho e matla haholo ea hydrophilic. Le hoja boima ba molek'hule bo le bonyenyane, bo ka etsa "khetla ea hydration" ho potoloha lisele le liprotheine ka ho kopanya le limolek'hule tsa metsi sebakeng se potolohileng, se tšoanang le filimi e tsitsitseng e sireletsang. Ho fokotsa tahlehelo ea mongobo oa letlalo.