Publikationsdatenbank

S-Acylation of Proteins (2019)

Art

Buchbeitrag

Autoren

Kordyukova, Larisa

Krabben, Ludwig (WE 5)

Serebryakova, Marina

Veit, Michael (WE 5)

Quelle

Post-Translational Modification of Proteins : Tools for Functional Proteomics

3rd edition 2019 Auflage

New York, NY: Springer New York, 2019 — S. 265–291

ISBN: 978-1-4939-9055-9

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): http://URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019063004145903881229

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9055-9_17

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Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Palmitoylation or S-acylation is the posttranslational attachment of fatty acids to cysteine residues and is common among integral and peripheral membrane proteins. Palmitoylated proteins have been found in every eukaryotic cell type examined (yeast, insect, and vertebrate cells), as well as in viruses grown in these cells. The exact functions of protein palmitoylation are not well understood. Intrinsically hydrophilic proteins, especially signaling molecules, are anchored by long-chain fatty acids to the cytoplasmic face of the plasma membrane. Palmitoylation may also promote targeting to membrane subdomains enriched in glycosphingolipids and cholesterol or affect protein-protein interactions.This chapter describes (1) a standard protocol for metabolic labeling of palmitoylated proteins and also the procedures to prove a covalent and ester-type linkage of the fatty acids, (2) a simple method to analyze the fatty acid content of S-acylated proteins, (3) two methods to analyze dynamic palmitoylation for a given protein, and (4) protocols to study cell-free palmitoylation of proteins.