Amy Maxmen | Jan 1, 2011 | 6 min read
By Amy Maxmen Proteins Adorned Cracking the secrets of posttranslational modifications © Shunyu Fan / Istockphoto.com (inside protein molecule) Cells do what proteins tell them to do. But sequencing DNA or running microarrays won’t reveal a protein’s mandate. During and after translation, enzymes, lipids, proteins, and sugars decorate the amino acids of the newly synthesized protein. As a result of these alterations, proteins encoded by the same