myristylation

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

myristyl +‎ -ation

Noun[edit]

myristylation (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) The reaction of a substance with myristic acid or one of its derivatives; the introduction of one or more myristyl groups into a substance
    • 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[1], volume 17, →DOI:
      Unlike the distantly related src kinases, PTK6 lacks a myristylation sequence.