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- adjective biochemistry Describing a
protein that has been covalently modified withlipid extensions
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Examples
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Imetelstat is a lipidated short chain oligonucleotide that binds with high affinity and specificity to the catalytic site of telomerase, resulting in competitive inhibition of enzyme activity.
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Purified PLC - was activated in a guanine nucleotide - and concentration-dependent fashion by purified lipidated K-Ras reconstituted in PtdIns (4,5) P
Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue J. P. Seifert 2008
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(microtubule-associated protein-1 light chain-3) - I is lipidated to the LC3-II form, which integrates into the autophagosome membrane and form a distinctly punctate distribution
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Bing Wang et al. 2010
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