NALT

Preferred term

post-translational modification

Topic

Any of various enzymatically catalyzed post-translational modifications of peptides or proteins in the cell of origin. These modifications include carboxylation; hydroxylation; acetylation; phosphorylation; methylation; glycosylation; ubiquitination; oxidation; proteolysis; and crosslinking and result in changes in molecular weight and electrophoretic motility.

protein synthesis

post-translational amino acid modification
post-translational protein modification
post-translational protein processing
posttranslational modification
posttranslational protein processing

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

29801

Spanish

modificación post-translational

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/59362

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 5/9/18