hypusination

English

Etymology

hypusine +‎ -ation

Noun

hypusination (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) Reaction with hypusine
   • 2016 February 4, “Neisseria meningitidis Translation Elongation Factor P and Its Active-Site Arginine Residue Are Essential for Cell Viability”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Here, we suggest that such diverse post-translational modifications, including the β-lysylation/rhamnosylation of EF-P (and the hypusination of eIF5A) (Fig 8 ), are typical examples of “convergent evolution”.

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