myristoylation

Introduction

Transfer of myristate to an N-terminal myristoylation site catalyzed by myristoyl transferase.

More general terms

• biochemistry

Additional terms

• myristate; myristic acid; tetradecanoic acid [C14:0]
• myristoylation site
• peptide N-myristoyltransferase (myristoyl-CoA:protein N-myristoyltransferase, NMT, NMT1, glycylpeptide N-tetradecanoyltransferase)