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Protein Prenylation

"Protein Prenylation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Protein Prenylation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Protein Prenylation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 9 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2001 and 2003
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