myristoylation site

Introduction

Acylation by covalent addition of myristate to the N-terminus of a protein via an amide linkage. The N-terminal residue must be glycine. Myristoylation is catalyzed by myristoyl-CoA:protein N-myristoyltransferase.

More general terms

• binding site

Additional terms

• myristoylation
• peptide N-myristoyltransferase (myristoyl-CoA:protein N-myristoyltransferase, NMT, NMT1, glycylpeptide N-tetradecanoyltransferase)