myristylation

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noun

The reaction of a substance with myristic acid or one of its derivatives; the introduction of one or more myristyl groups into a substance

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Meanings

nounmyristylation (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryThe reaction of a substance with myristic acid or one of its derivatives; the introduction of one or more myristyl groups into a substance

    Unlike the distantly related src kinases, PTK6 lacks a myristylation sequence.

    2015 June 19, Sun Hee Park et al., “PTK6 inhibition promotes apoptosis of Lapatinib-resistant Her2+ breast cancer cells by inducing Bim”, in Breast Cancer Research : BCR, volume 17, →DOI

Origin

From myristyl + -ation.

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