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Definitions

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  • noun biochemistry The attachment of a myristoyl group to a protein or polypeptide

Etymologies

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From myristoyl + -ation.

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  • N-myristoylation is a crucial covalent modification of numerous eukaryotic and viral proteins that is catalyzed by N-myristoyltransferase (NMT).

    Elites TV PLoS ONE 2010

  • The myristoylation/palmitylation motif from the Lck tyrosine kinase was attached to the N-terminus of mCherry to generate a plasma membrane marker

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2010

  • The myristoylation/palmitylation motif from the Lck tyrosine kinase was attached to the N-terminus of mCherry to generate a plasma membrane marker

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ulrike Naumann et al. 2010

  • N-myristoylation (catalyzed by an enzyme abbreviated as NMT) which is a process that's important for membrane targeting and trafficking.

    In the Pipeline 2010

  • The myristoylation/palmitylation motif from the Lck tyrosine kinase was attached to the N-terminus of mCherry to generate a plasma membrane marker

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ulrike Naumann et al. 2010

  • The myristoylation/palmitylation motif from the Lck tyrosine kinase was attached to the N-terminus of mCherry to generate a plasma membrane marker

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ulrike Naumann et al. 2010

  • The activating mutation was generated by addition of the avian src myristoylation sequence (MGSSKSKPK) at the N-terminus. pCI-neo, which contains a chimeric intron, was ordered from Promega (Promega, Madison, WI). pMigR, which contains an internal ribosome entry site

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • This positioning of serine, as well as the coincidental fact that the amino terminal residue of our substrate is glycine, is strongly reminiscent of the consensus sequence for N-terminal glycine myristoylation.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Akihiko Ozawa et al. 2009

  • This could consist either of zinc-dependent proteolytic activation of ERAT, or a zinc-dependent proteolytic processing of the substrate (for example, to expose a putative acylation consensus sequence, similar to that seen for myristoylation).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • Therefore, we generated the activating mutation by addition of the avian src myristoylation sequence (MGSSKSKPK) at the N-terminus of the wild type of murine

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

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