title: Myristoylation of budgerigar fledgling disease virus capsid protein VP2.
abstract: We present evidence that the structural protein VP2 of budgerigar fledgling disease virus, an avian polyomavirus, is specifically modified by covalent attachment of myristic acid. The fatty acid linkage is insensitive to hydroxylamine treatment and thus represents the amide type of fatty acylation of proteins.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Virologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rott
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002213:Capsid / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005347:Fibroblasts; D009227:Myristic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D011120:Polyomavirus / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009227:Myristic Acids