The study, published by Prof. Frank Schroeder, chemistry and chemical biology, on Jan. 22, found new protein modification patterns in C. elegans through multiple techniques. Fatty acid acylation is a process that adds branched fatty acid chains to proteins. Leaderboard 2“People use [C. elegans] because there are many conserved gene pathways and fundamental biological processes in humans,” Zhang said. The diversity of fatty acid modifications indicates a link between the synthesis of various fatty acids and protein function. “People can start from here to study the function of protein fatty acid acylation.
