Human DHHC proteins: a spotlight on the hidden player of palmitoylation

J Korycka, A Łach, E Heger, DM Bogusławska… - European journal of cell …, 2012 - Elsevier
Palmitoylation is one of the most common posttranslational lipid modifications of proteins
and we now know quite a lot about it. However, the state of knowledge about the enzymes …

Systematic screening for palmitoyl transferase activity of the DHHC protein family in mammalian cells

Y Fukata, T Iwanaga, M Fukata - Methods, 2006 - Elsevier
Posttranslational modifications, including phosphorylation, ubiquitination and lipid
modifications, provide proteins with additional functions and regulation beyond genomic …

Analysis of substrate specificity of human DHHC protein acyltransferases using a yeast expression system

Y Ohno, A Kashio, R Ogata, A Ishitomi… - Molecular biology of …, 2012 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Palmitoylation plays important roles in the regulation of protein localization, stability, and
activity. The protein acyltransferases (PATs) have a common DHHC Cys-rich domain …

The cysteine-rich domain of the DHHC3 palmitoyltransferase is palmitoylated and contains tightly bound zinc

CD Gottlieb, S Zhang, ME Linder - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2015 - ASBMB
DHHC palmitoyltransferases catalyze the addition of the fatty acid palmitate to proteins on
the cytoplasmic leaflet of cell membranes. There are 23 members of the highly diverse …

Oligomerization of DHHC protein S-acyltransferases

J Lai, ME Linder - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2013 - ASBMB
The formation of dimers or higher-order oligomers is a property of numerous integral
membrane proteins, including ion channels, transporters, and receptors. In this study, we …

DHHC palmitoyl transferases: substrate interactions and (patho) physiology

J Greaves, LH Chamberlain - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2011 - cell.com
S-palmitoylation is a reversible post-translational modification that occurs on diverse cellular
proteins. Palmitoylation can affect proteins in many different ways, including regulating …

Understanding protein palmitoylation: Biological significance and enzymology

XM Guan, CA Fierke - Science China Chemistry, 2011 - Springer
Protein palmitoylation is a widespread lipid modification in which one or more cysteine thiols
on a substrate protein are modified to form a thioester with a palmitoyl group. This lipid …

Thematic review series: lipid posttranslational modifications. Protein palmitoylation by a family of DHHC protein S-acyltransferases

DA Mitchell, A Vasudevan, ME Linder… - Journal of lipid …, 2006 - ASBMB
Protein palmitoylation refers to the posttranslational addition of a 16 carbon fatty acid to the
side chain of cysteine, forming a thioester linkage. This acyl modification is readily …

Structure and function of DHHC protein S-acyltransferases

CD Gottlieb, ME Linder - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2017 - portlandpress.com
It has been estimated that 10% of the human genome encodes proteins that are fatty
acylated at cysteine residues. The vast majority of these proteins are modified by members …

Protein palmitoylation and its pathophysiological relevance

J Jin, X Zhi, X Wang, D Meng - Journal of cellular physiology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Protein palmitoylation, in which C16 fatty acid chains are attached to cysteine residues via a
reversible thioester linkage, is one of the most common lipid modifications and plays …