Is Lys-Nɛ-acetylation the next big thing in post-translational modifications?

Lys-N(ɛ)-acetylation (PKA) has recently ascended from a post-translational modification (PTM) of limited distribution to one approaching the abundance of O-phosphorylation. Thousands of KAC proteins have been identified in Archaea, bacteria, and Eukarya, and the KAC system of acetyltransferases, deacetylases, and binding proteins is superficially comparable with the kinases, phosphatases, and phospho- (P-)protein binding-proteins of O-phosphorylation. Herein, we describe recent results and compare several aspects of these two major systems of PTM in plants.