Protein lipidation is an important post-translational modification that can be difficult to study. New amino acids with side chains that mimic naturally occurring lipid modifications stand to facilitate the study of lipidated proteins.
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Mills, J.H. Greasy proteins made easy. Nat Chem Biol 20, 4–5 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-023-01437-9
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