Meanings
present singular third person myristylates · participle present myristylating · participle past myristylated · past myristylated
- To undergo myristoylation.
Similarly, FRS2, which is myristylated and has a potential PTB domain, is specifically phosphorylated by receptors for fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and nerve growth factor (NGF) (39 ).
1997 December 19, Tony Pawson, John D. Scott, “Signaling Through Scaffold, Anchoring, and Adaptor Proteins”, in Science, volume 278, number 5346, →DOI, pages 2075–20801 more example
Src42A myri has a point mutation in codon 2, which causes an amino acid substitution from Gly 2 to Asp. Gly 2 is conserved in all members of the Src family and must be myristylated for localization of Src to the cellular membrane in mammals (10 ).
2000 January 14, Minoru Tateno et al., “Regulation of JNK by Src During Drosophila Development”, in Science, volume 287, number 5451, →DOI, pages 324–327
Origin
From myristyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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