myristylation

English

Etymology

From myristyl +‎ -ation.

Noun

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.