myristoylationn.
/mʌɪˈrɪstəʊᵻˌleɪʃn/, /mᵻˈrɪstəʊᵻˌleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪˌrɪstəwəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, /məˌrɪstəwəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ Biochemistry.
The process of becoming myristoylated; the state of being myristoylated.
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1985 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 82 4625/2 Since every example of protein myristoylation involves the acylation of NH2–terminal glycine, it is possible that only glycine residues can be myristoylated.
1993 Jrnl. Cell Sci. 105 613/2 These results suggest that a possible role for myristoylation might be to prevent unregulated nuclear transport of proteins whose nonmyristoylated counterparts are readily moved into the nucleus.
2001 Human Molecular Genetics 10 47 Serine replaced a glutamic acid residue at position 6 to promote N-terminal myristoylation.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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