Just as your mailing address uniquely identifies your home, an IP address uniquely identifies a host. It uniquely identifies every host on a network.
Among the PTMs, there is ADP-ribosylation (ADPr).
Functional alterations in the proteins governing PTM systems are frequently dysregulated in human disease. So far, more than 300 PTMs have been described each one is involved in a range of fundamental cellular and biological processes.