Post-translational modification

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005117",
  "term": "Post-translational modification",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Any of various enzymatically catalyzed post-translational modifications of peptides or proteins in the cell of origin. These modifications include carboxylation; hydroxylation; acetylation; phosphorylation; methylation; glycosylation; ubiquitination; oxidation; proteolysis; and crosslinking and result in changes in molecular weight and electrophoretic motility.",
  "synonyms": [
    "post-translational amino acid modification",
    "post-translational protein modification",
    "post-translational protein processing",
    "posttranslational modification",
    "posttranslational protein processing"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "protein synthesis",
    "myristoylation",
    "protein arginine methyltransferases",
    "phosphoproteome",
    "signal peptide",
    "unfolded protein response",
    "ubiquitination",
    "glycosylation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "modificación post-translational"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/post-translational-modification/"
}