This function is called myristoylation; it occurs
when myristic acid is attached to the protein in a specific position where it functions usefully.
Not exact matches
When Tang depleted a particular
myristic acid derivative from the germ cells in hermaphrodite worms by blocking the action of ACS - 4, the worms never made the switch to making eggs.
The real problem is
when the proportion of saturated fatty acids (and actually not all of them; the three atherogenic ones, lauric,
myristic and palmitic) are too abundant.