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Myristoylation is a
lipidation modification where a
myristoyl group,
derived from
myristic acid, is
covalently attached by an
amide bond to the alpha-amino...
- can be
modified to
contain either one or both of
these fatty acids. N-
myristoylation (i.e.
attachment of
myristic acid) is
generally an
irreversible protein...
- N-myristoyltransferase 2 (NMT2) proteins,
which are
responsible for
myristoylation. Its dual
mechanism of
action disrupts both cell
signaling and energy...
- The N-terminus (also
known as the amino-terminus, NH2-terminus, N-terminal end or amine-terminus) is the
start of a
protein or polypeptide,
referring to...
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Examples of post-translational
modification include phosphorylation,
myristoylation and glycosylation.: 149–69 For example, in the
response to insulin...
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Gordon JI,
Gilman AG (1990). "G-protein alpha-subunit expression,
myristoylation, and
membrane ****ociation in COS cells". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S...
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modulating protein–protein interactions. In
contrast to
prenylation and
myristoylation,
palmitoylation is
usually reversible (because the bond
between palmitic...
- N-terminus
glycine is a
target for NMT inhibitors,
which inhibit the
myristoylation of
signal peptides and
target the
signal peptide for degradation, which...
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conformation that
locks the
catalytic domain into an
inactive state.
Myristoylation is a post-translational
modification marked by the
covalent attachment...
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which prevents the
virus from ****embling its capsid,
since viral capsid myristoylation by host NMT is
essential for ****embly. It is
thought unlikely that viruses...
