Protein palmitoylation and cancer

PJ Ko, SJ Dixon - EMBO reports, 2018 - embopress.org
Protein S‐palmitoylation is a reversible post‐translational modification that alters the
localization, stability, and function of hundreds of proteins in the cell. S‐palmitoylation is …

Functions of lipid rafts in biological membranes

DA Brown, E London - Annual review of cell and developmental …, 1998 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Recent studies showing that detergent-resistant membrane fragments can be
isolated from cells suggest that biological membranes are not always in a liquid-crystalline …

Calcium signaling through protein kinases. The Arabidopsis calcium-dependent protein kinase gene family

SH Cheng, MR Willmann, HC Chen, J Sheen - Plant physiology, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Abstract In plants, numerous Ca2+-stimulated protein kinase activities occur through calcium-
dependent protein kinases (CDPKs). These novel calcium sensors are likely to be crucial …

G protein mechanisms: insights from structural analysis

SR Sprang - Annual review of biochemistry, 1997 - annualreviews.org
This review is concerned with the structures and mechanisms of a superfamily of regulatory
GTP hydrolases (G proteins). G proteins include Ras and its close homologs, translation …

Lipids and membrane function in green algae

GA Thompson Jr - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Lipids and Lipid …, 1996 - Elsevier
The green algae, or Chlorophyta, comprise one of the most varied and highly specialized
groups of plants. Included are unicellular forms, some living endosymbiotitally within other …

[PDF][PDF] Nitric oxide synthases: which, where, how, and why?

T Michel, O Feron - The Journal of clinical investigation, 1997 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Although nitric oxide (NO) 1 may not modulate all cellular functions and may not be present
in all mammalian cells, the sheer volume of publications on the subject might lead one to …

Insights into G protein structure, function, and regulation

TM Cabrera-Vera, J Vanhauwe, TO Thomas… - Endocrine …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
In multicellular organisms from Caenorhabditis elegans to Homo sapiens, the maintenance
of homeostasis is dependent on the continual flow and processing of information through a …

[HTML][HTML] A lipid-anchored Grb2-binding protein that links FGF-receptor activation to the Ras/MAPK signaling pathway

H Kouhara, YR Hadari, T Spivak-Kroizman, J Schilling… - Cell, 1997 - cell.com
Activation of the Ras/MAPK signaling cascade is essential for growth factor–induced cell
proliferation and differentiation. In this report, we describe the purification, cloning, and …

Membranes: a meeting point for lipids, proteins and therapies

PV Escribá, JM González‐Ros, FM Goñi… - Journal of cellular …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
• Introduction• Membrane lipid composition• Membrane lipid structure• Membrane lipid
organization‐Why so many different lipids?‐Lipid mixing and demixing‐Lateral pressure …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of PSD-95 palmitoylating enzymes

M Fukata, Y Fukata, H Adesnik, RA Nicoll, DS Bredt - Neuron, 2004 - cell.com
Palmitoylation is a lipid modification that plays a critical role in protein trafficking and function
throughout the nervous system. Palmitoylation of PSD-95 is essential for its regulation of …