Myristic Acylation Site

**Semantic type:** Amino Acid Sequence

**Definition:** It refers to amino acid residue within a peptide that accepts covalent linkage of fatty acid, myristoyl group (C13H27-) as one of the co-translational modifications. N-myristoylation, catalyzed by N-myristoyltransferase, is the amide modification of proteins by the addition of a myristoyl group to an N-terminal glycine residue. (NCI)

**Synonyms:** - Myristoylation Site