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Review
. 2002;3(5):reviews0006.
doi: 10.1186/gb-2002-3-5-reviews0006. Epub 2002 Apr 30.

The diversity of acetylated proteins

Bogdan Polevoda  1 , Fred Sherman
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Review

The diversity of acetylated proteins

Bogdan Polevoda et al. Genome Biol. 2002.

Abstract

Acetylation of proteins, either on various amino-terminal residues or on the epsilon-amino group of lysine residues, is catalyzed by a wide range of acetyltransferases. Amino-terminal acetylation occurs on the bulk of eukaryotic proteins and on regulatory peptides, whereas lysine acetylation occurs at different positions on a variety of proteins, including histones, transcription factors, nuclear import factors, and alpha-tubulin.

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