Acylation and Palmitoylation

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Difference between Acylation and Palmitoylation

Acylation vs. Palmitoylation

In chemistry, acylation (rarely, but more formally: alkanoylation) is the process of adding an acyl group to a compound. Palmitoylation is the covalent attachment of fatty acids, such as palmitic acid, to cysteine and less frequently to serine and threonine residues of proteins, which are typically membrane proteins.

Similarities between Acylation and Palmitoylation

Acylation and Palmitoylation have 1 thing in common (in Unionpedia): Myristoylation.

Myristoylation

Myristoylation is a lipidation modification where a myristoyl group, derived from myristic acid, is covalently attached by an amide bond to the alpha-amino group of an N-terminal glycine residue.

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What Acylation and Palmitoylation have in common
What are the similarities between Acylation and Palmitoylation

Acylation and Palmitoylation Comparison

Acylation has 27 relations, while Palmitoylation has 39. As they have in common 1, the Jaccard index is 1.52% = 1 / (27 + 39).

References

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