title: Roles of Protein N-Myristoylation and Translational Medicine Applications.
abstract: Protein N-myristoylation is a ubiquitous cotranslational and posttranslational modification catalyzed by myristoyl CoA:protein N-myristoyltransferase (NMT), which attaches myristate, a rare 14-carbon saturated fatty acid, to an N-terminal glycine of some eukaryotic and virus proteins. This protein modification triggers dynamic protein-protein and protein-membrane interactions implicated in diverse physiological processes. This review summarizes the NMT catalytic mechanism and demyristoylation. Of special interest are the primary roles of N-myristoylated protein in signaling, protein targeting, tumorigenesis, apoptosis, virus assembly, and morphology change, as well as the regulation of N-myristoylation and NMT inhibitors.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Modern Biopharmaceuticals, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Eco-Environment and Bio-Resource of the Three Gorges Area, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Mengmeng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Modern Biopharmaceuticals, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Eco-Environment and Bio-Resource of the Three Gorges Area, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Longxiang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Institute of Modern Biopharmaceuticals, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Eco-Environment and Bio-Resource of the Three Gorges Area, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Zhaoxiao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Modern Biopharmaceuticals, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Three Gorges Eco-Environment and Bioresources, Eco-Environment Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Southwest Uni.
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019814:Myristic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D019814:Myristic Acid