Phosphorylation | Cell signaling, transcriptional regulation, cell metabolism, apoptosis, immunological responsiveness, aging development. | Cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, heart disease. |
Acetylation | Chromatin stability, protein-protein interactions, cell cycle control, cell metabolism, nuclear transport, actin nucleation | Cancer, immune disorders, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, cardiovascular diseases. |
Methylation | Transcriptional regulation, signal transduction. | Cancer, mental retardation, diabetes mellitus, lipofuscinosis, occlusive disease. |
Ubiquitylation | Transcriptional regulation, signal transduction, proliferation, DNA repair, intracellular trafficking, and degradation of the protein, cell proliferation and differentiation, myogenesis, stress response. | Cancers, metabolic syndromes, inflammatory disorders, type 2 diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases. |
SUMOylation | Transcription control, signal transduction, chromatin organization, macromolecule accumulation, gene expression. | Cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, viral infections, heart diseases, diabetes. |
Glycosylation | Cell adhesion, cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, molecular trafficking, receptor activation, protein folding and signal transduction, protein degradation, protein solubility, protein intracellular trafficking and secretion. | Cancer, liver cirrhosis, diabetes, HIV infection, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis. |
Palmitoylation | Protein function regulation, protein-protein interaction, membrane-protein associations, neuronal development, signal transduction, apoptosis and mitosis. | Huntington's disease, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, different cancers. |
Myristoylation | Cellular structure, stabilizing the protein structure maturation, signaling, extracellular communication, metabolism and regulation of the catalytic activity of the enzymes. | Cancer, epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, Noonan-like syndrome, viral and bacterial infections. |
Prenylation | Protein trafficking, protein-protein interactions, endocytosis regulation, cell growth, differentiation, proliferation. | Cancer, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disorders, bone diseases, progeria, metabolic diseases, neurodegenerative diseases. |
Sulfation | Protein-protein interactions, visual functions, viral entry into cells. | Autoimmune diseases, HIV, lung diseases, multiple sclerosis. |