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Figure 9
Palmitoylation. Top: palmitoylation of cysteine involves the addition of a palmitoyl group donated by palmitoyl-CoA to the side-chain thiol group. Bottom: palmitoylcysteine (PDB entry 2w3y; Quevillon-Cheruel et al., 2009BB116; CCD code PLM). Positive omit density is shown in green at 3σ for the modified residue. The rest of the protein chain is represented by a purple ribbon model.

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