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The N-terminus can be modified by the addition of a myristoyl anchor. Proteins that are modified this way contain a consensus motif at their N-terminus as a modification signal.
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Protein N-termini can be modified co - or post-translationally. Modifications include the removal of initiator methionine (iMet) by
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group of another amino acid, making it a chain. That leaves a free carboxylic group at one end of the peptide, called the
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anchor to form N-acetylated proteins. The most common form of such modification is the addition of a palmitoyl group.
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