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SUBMITTER: Lin DT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4755737 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lin David Tse Shen DT Conibear Elizabeth E
eLife 20151223
Dynamic changes in protein S-palmitoylation are critical for regulating protein localization and signaling. Only two enzymes - the acyl-protein thioesterases APT1 and APT2 - are known to catalyze palmitate removal from cytosolic cysteine residues. It is unclear if these enzymes act constitutively on all palmitoylated proteins, or if additional depalmitoylases exist. Using a dual pulse-chase strategy comparing palmitate and protein half-lives, we found knockdown or inhibition of APT1 and APT2 blo ...[more]