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doctoreldritch t1_j3ksu3p wrote on January 9, 2023 at 6:14 AM

Reply to comment by Zarkdiaz in Brain histone beta-hydroxybutyrylation couples metabolism with gene expression (Jan 2023) by basmwklz

Structurally very similar, one has an OH group on the 2nd-to-last carbon, the other instead has it on the very last carbon in the chain. Chemically pretty similar as well. But biologically not very similar at all, because enzymes are extremely shape-specific.