Formylation
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Formylation is a type of posttranslational modification
Posttranslational modification
Posttranslational modification is the chemical modification of a protein after its translation. It is one of the later steps in protein biosynthesis, and thus gene expression, for many proteins....

 in which a formyl group is added to the N-terminus of a protein.
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