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Post-translational Modification At Biology Glossary

What is it? The modification of proteins after the protein has been synthesized. Proteins may be modified in a wide variety of ways, including phosphorylation (addition or a phosphate group), adenylation (addition of an adenine group), glycosylation (addition of a su

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