Myristylation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The reaction of a substance with myristic acid or one of its derivatives; the introduction of one or more myristyl groups into a substance uncountable

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

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

Etymology

From myristyl + -ation.

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myristic acid

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