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Protein lipidation.

Jürgen Kuhlmann
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This chapter describes the hydrophobic modification of peripheral membrane-anchored proteins by isoprenylation and S-acylation. The coupling of bacterially expressed protein moieties with chemically synthesized lipopeptides is described as an in vitro alternative for the generation of lipoproteins.

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Jürgen Kuhlmann. 2004. Protein lipidation.. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-813-7%3A217

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