Submitted by yeeturking t3_xx28my in askscience
YourRapeyTeacher t1_irb2u61 wrote
Reply to comment by FogeltheVogel in is it possible to synthesize proteins chemically? by yeeturking
To obtain functional proteins it often requires post-translational modifications. Most commonly this is phosphorylation but you also have various structural modifications, glycosylation (adding sugars), adding lipids and more.
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