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myristylating

myristylating is the present participle and gerund of myristylate.

Meaning of myristylate

Verb

myristylate (third-person singular simple present myristylates, present participle myristylating, simple past and past participle myristylated)

  1. To undergo myristoylation.
    • 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

Questions about myristylating

What is myristylating the present participle and gerund of?
Myristylating is the present participle and gerund of myristylate.

Words near myristylating in the dictionary

  1. myristoyltransferases
  2. myristyl
  3. myristylate
  4. myristylated
  5. myristylates
  6. myristylating
  7. myristylation
  8. myristylbenzylmorphine
  9. myristyls
  10. myrmeco-
  11. myrmecobiid

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