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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 27.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Proteomics. 2007 Apr;4(2):211–225. doi: 10.1586/14789450.4.2.211

Table 1.

Common histone post-translational modifications.

Modifications Mass shift (Da) Modified residues
Acetylation 42.0106 K, N-terminal
Methylation 14.0156 K, R
Phosphorylation 79.9663 S, T, Y
Oxidation 15.9949 M
Ubiquitination 114.0429* K
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When digestedby trypsin, the ubiquitin side chain leaves the dipeptide GlyGly.