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  1. Jul 2018
    1. On 2014 Jan 28, Dale D O Martin commented:

      The authors incorrectly state that the protein has 5 predicted N-myristoylation sites, but myristoylation can only occur on N-terminal Glycines. I've commented on this on another paper by these authors (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18071584 and comment pasted below). I have also contacted the authors and the editor of the journal, but they have not changed it. So, I am highlighting it here.

      It should be noted that N-myristoylation can only occur on N-terminal Glycines, hence the name N-myristoylation. This occurs either co-translationally on the nascent polypeptide following the removal of the initiator Met or it can occur posttranslationally following proteolysis, which exposes a new N-terminal Gly. The latter has only been shown to occur in caspase-cleaved proteins. In this case, the Gly follows an Asp residue where caspase will cleave. The authors here predict internal myristoylation at very unlikely positions. Furthermore, the general consensus sequence for myristoylation is GXXXS/C/T where X is any amino acid, except for large bulky residues, and S/C/T are preferred in position 5 (counting from Gly). The first site they predict is GAAPP and is very unlikely to be myristoylated. Caution should be taken when predicting internal myristoylation sites. Unless it is predicted to be cleaved to expose an N-terminal Gly.


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  2. Feb 2018
    1. On 2014 Jan 28, Dale D O Martin commented:

      The authors incorrectly state that the protein has 5 predicted N-myristoylation sites, but myristoylation can only occur on N-terminal Glycines. I've commented on this on another paper by these authors (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18071584 and comment pasted below). I have also contacted the authors and the editor of the journal, but they have not changed it. So, I am highlighting it here.

      It should be noted that N-myristoylation can only occur on N-terminal Glycines, hence the name N-myristoylation. This occurs either co-translationally on the nascent polypeptide following the removal of the initiator Met or it can occur posttranslationally following proteolysis, which exposes a new N-terminal Gly. The latter has only been shown to occur in caspase-cleaved proteins. In this case, the Gly follows an Asp residue where caspase will cleave. The authors here predict internal myristoylation at very unlikely positions. Furthermore, the general consensus sequence for myristoylation is GXXXS/C/T where X is any amino acid, except for large bulky residues, and S/C/T are preferred in position 5 (counting from Gly). The first site they predict is GAAPP and is very unlikely to be myristoylated. Caution should be taken when predicting internal myristoylation sites. Unless it is predicted to be cleaved to expose an N-terminal Gly.


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