A molecule of chloesteryl myristate consists of mostly carbon and hydrogen atoms.
The main substrates are myristate and palmitate, which are produced by a fatty acid synthetase.
It involves the covalent attachment of myristate, a 14 carbon saturated fatty acid, to the N-terminal glycine residue of a number of mammalian, viral and fungal proteins.
It is anchored to the membrane by an N-terminal myristate and a cluster of basic residues in its effector domain.
Cells were incubated in the presence of phorbol ester myristate to induce macrophage differentiation.