Which of the following is a reversible post-translational covalent modification?

_____ Phosphorylation
_____ Acetylation
_____ Disulfide bond formation
_____ Proteolytic processing
_____ Attachment of a sugar


__X__ Phosphorylation
__X__ Acetylation
_____ Disulfide bond formation
_____ Proteolytic processing
_____ Attachment of a sugar

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