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- noun organic chemistry, especially in combination The univalent
radical derived frommyristic acid by loss of thehydroxy group
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Wyatt said his team had discovered a compound that disrupts an enzyme called N-myristoyl transferase, or NMT, which is essential for the survival and growth of the parasites injected into the victim by the tsetse fly's bite.
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Mutagenesis studies indicated a requirement for serine five residues from the amino terminus, reminiscent of myristoyl transferase, but not of ghrelin acylation.
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Mutagenesis studies indicated a requirement for serine five residues from the amino terminus, reminiscent of myristoyl transferase, but not of ghrelin acylation.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Akihiko Ozawa et al. 2009
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We obtained a sample of N-myristoyl transferase from Drs. K.E. Seaton and C.D. Smith, used it as the enzyme source in our standard assay, and confirmed the total lack of effect of zinc on N-myristoyl transferase octanoic acid transfer (
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