Protein Isoprenylation |
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| Prenylation; Protein Farnesylation; Protein Geranylgeranylation; Protein Polyisoprenylation; Farnesylation, Protein; Geranylgeranylation, Protein; Isoprenylation, Post-Translational; Isoprenylation, Protein; Polyisoprenylation, Protein | |
| A post-translational modification of proteins by the attachment of an isoprenoid to the C-terminal cysteine residue. The isoprenoids used, farnesyl diphosphate or geranylgeranyl diphosphate, are derived from the same biochemical pathway that produces cholesterol. | |