DHHC3 Contributions to Breast Cancer

Abstract

Protein palmitoylation, more accurately termed as protein S-acylation, is reversibly regulated by a group of Asp-His-His-Cys(DHHC) motif-containing palmitoyl acyltransferases (PATs) and several acylprotein thioesterases (APTs) (1). Its primary function is to regulate the spatial cycling of proteins between different compartments of cells, and thus to modulate protein activity and stability as well as multiprotein complex formation (1). By developing and applying unbiased palmitoyl-proteomics technologies, we and others showed that many palmitoylated proteins are enriched in cholesterol-rich membrane microdomains such as lipid rafts and tetraspanin-enriched microdomains (TEMs) (2).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2014
Accession Number
AD1000362

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  • Michael R Freeman

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  • Amino Acids
  • Blood Coagulation Factor Inhibitors
  • Breast Cancer
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Cell Membrane Structures
  • Cells
  • Chemistry
  • Health Services
  • Liquid Chromatography
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Neoplasms
  • Peptides
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Proteins
  • Proteomics

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  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computer science

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