... plasticity, endocytosis, vesicle trafficking, membrane transport and biased-receptor signalling. As a consequence, zDHHC-protein acyl transferases (zDHHC-PATs), enzymes that catalyse the addition of fatty acid groups to specific cysteine residues on target proteins, and acyl proteins thioesterases, proteins...

[email protected] ) 8 3 2017 5 4 2017 7 4 2014 © 2017 The Author(s); published by Portland Press Limited on behalf of the Biochemical Society 2017 ABHD17A ABHD17B ABHD17C APT1 palmostatin B thioesterase The Ras family of proteins consists of small GTPases (guanosine...

... the lipid bilayer to release CoA, and ultimately re-esterified in the peroxisome lumen by ACSs which interact with the transporter. We propose that this solves the biophysical problem of moving an amphipathic molecule across the peroxisomal membrane, since the intrinsic thioesterase activity...

... asymmetry β-oxidation peroxisome thioesterase Peroxisomes are single membrane-delimited organelles found in almost all eukaryotic cells. Originally named for their peroxidative metabolism, it has now become appreciated that they possess multiple, diverse metabolic capabilities...

... thioesterases (APTs). Although initially identified as lysophospholipases, increasing evidence suggests APT1 and APT2 are the major APTs that mediate the depalmitoylation of diverse cellular substrates. Here, we describe the conserved functions of APT1 and APT2 across organisms and discuss the possibility...

... proteomics thioesterase Protein palmitoylation was first discovered over 30 years ago in classic experiments using tritiated palmitate for metabolic labelling of virus particles and virus-infected cells [ 1 , 2 ]. Fatty acid modification of viral proteins was shown to be post-translational [ 3...