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Gui J, Zheng S, Shen J, Li L. Grain setting defect1 (GSD1) function in rice depends on S-acylation and interacts with actin 1 (OsACT1) at its C-terminal. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:804. [PMID: 26483819 PMCID: PMC4590517 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2015] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Grain setting defect1 (GSD1), a plant-specific remorin protein specifically localized at the plasma membrane (PM) and plasmodesmata of phloem companion cells, affects grain setting in rice through regulating the transport of photoassimilates. Here, we show new evidence demonstrating that GSD1 is localized at the cytoplasmic face of the PM and a stretch of 45 amino acid residues at its C-terminal is required for its localization. Association with the PM is mediated by S-acylation of cysteine residues Cys-524 and Cys-527, in a sequence of 45 amino acid residues essential for GSD1 function in rice. Furthermore, the coiled-coil domain in GSD1 is necessary for sufficient interaction with OsACT1. Together, these results reveal that GSD1 attaches to the PM through S-acylation and interacts with OsACT1 through its coiled-coil domain structure to regulate plasmodesmata conductance for photoassimilate transport in rice.
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- *Correspondence: Laigeng Li, National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China,
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Rho2 palmitoylation is required for plasma membrane localization and proper signaling to the fission yeast cell integrity mitogen- activated protein kinase pathway. Mol Cell Biol 2014; 34:2745-59. [PMID: 24820419 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01515-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The fission yeast small GTPase Rho2 regulates morphogenesis and is an upstream activator of the cell integrity pathway, whose key element, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) Pmk1, becomes activated by multiple environmental stimuli and controls several cellular functions. Here we demonstrate that farnesylated Rho2 becomes palmitoylated in vivo at cysteine-196 within its carboxyl end and that this modification allows its specific targeting to the plasma membrane. Unlike that of other palmitoylated and prenylated GTPases, the Rho2 control of morphogenesis and Pmk1 activity is strictly dependent upon plasma membrane localization and is not found in other cellular membranes. Indeed, artificial plasma membrane targeting bypassed the Rho2 need for palmitoylation in order to signal. Detailed functional analysis of Rho2 chimeras fused to the carboxyl end from the essential GTPase Rho1 showed that GTPase palmitoylation is partially dependent on the prenylation context and confirmed that Rho2 signaling is independent of Rho GTP dissociation inhibitor (GDI) function. We further demonstrate that Rho2 is an in vivo substrate for DHHC family acyltransferase Erf2 palmitoyltransferase. Remarkably, Rho3, another Erf2 target, negatively regulates Pmk1 activity in a Rho2-independent fashion, thus revealing the existence of cross talk whereby both GTPases antagonistically modulate the activity of this MAPK cascade.
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Chuh KN, Pratt MR. Chemical methods for the proteome-wide identification of posttranslationally modified proteins. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2014; 24:27-37. [PMID: 25461721 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2014] [Revised: 10/24/2014] [Accepted: 10/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Thousands of proteins are subjected to posttranslational modifications that can have dramatic effects on their functions. Traditional biological methods have struggled to address some of the challenges inherit in the unbiased identification of certain posttranslational modifications. As with many areas of biological discovery, the development of chemoselective and bioorthogonal reactions and chemical probes has transformed our ability to selectively label and enrich a wide variety of posttranslational modifications. Collectively, these efforts are making significant contributions to the goal of mapping the protein modification landscape.
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- Kelly N Chuh
- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0744, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0744, United States; Department of Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0744, United States.
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Involvement of RARRES3 in the regulation of Wnt proteins acylation and signaling activities in human breast cancer cells. Cell Death Differ 2014; 22:801-14. [PMID: 25361079 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2014.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2014] [Revised: 09/09/2014] [Accepted: 09/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway has emerged as a key regulator of complex biological processes, such as embryonic development, cell proliferation, cell fate decision and tumorigenesis. Recent studies have shown that the deregulation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling is frequently observed and leads to abnormal cell growth in human breast cancer cells. In this study, we identified a novel regulatory mechanism of Wnt/β-catenin signaling through RARRES3 that targets and modulates the acylation status of Wnt proteins and co-receptor low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 6, resulting in the suppression of epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer stem cell properties. Mutation of the conserved active site residues of RARRES3 indicates that RARRES3 serves as an acyl protein thioesterase that tethers its target proteins and modulates their acylation status. Furthermore, the functions of p53 in cell proliferation and Wnt/β-catenin signaling are significantly associated with the induction of RARRES3. Thus our findings provide a new insight into the molecular link between p53, protein acylation and Wnt/β-catenin signaling whereby RARRES3 plays a pivotal role in modulating the acylation status of signaling proteins.
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Chesarino NM, Hach JC, Chen JL, Zaro BW, Rajaram MV, Turner J, Schlesinger LS, Pratt MR, Hang HC, Yount JS. Chemoproteomics reveals Toll-like receptor fatty acylation. BMC Biol 2014; 12:91. [PMID: 25371237 PMCID: PMC4240870 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-014-0091-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2014] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Background Palmitoylation is a 16-carbon lipid post-translational modification that increases protein hydrophobicity. This form of protein fatty acylation is emerging as a critical regulatory modification for multiple aspects of cellular interactions and signaling. Despite recent advances in the development of chemical tools for the rapid identification and visualization of palmitoylated proteins, the palmitoyl proteome has not been fully defined. Here we sought to identify and compare the palmitoylated proteins in murine fibroblasts and dendritic cells. Results A total of 563 putative palmitoylation substrates were identified, more than 200 of which have not been previously suggested to be palmitoylated in past proteomic studies. Here we validate the palmitoylation of several new proteins including Toll-like receptors (TLRs) 2, 5 and 10, CD80, CD86, and NEDD4. Palmitoylation of TLR2, which was uniquely identified in dendritic cells, was mapped to a transmembrane domain-proximal cysteine. Inhibition of TLR2 S-palmitoylation pharmacologically or by cysteine mutagenesis led to decreased cell surface expression and a decreased inflammatory response to microbial ligands. Conclusions This work identifies many fatty acylated proteins involved in fundamental cellular processes as well as cell type-specific functions, highlighting the value of examining the palmitoyl proteomes of multiple cell types. S-palmitoylation of TLR2 is a previously unknown immunoregulatory mechanism that represents an entirely novel avenue for modulation of TLR2 inflammatory activity. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12915-014-0091-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Nicholas M Chesarino
- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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- Biomedical Informatics, Internal Medicine in the Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
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- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
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- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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Stable expression and function of the inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor requires palmitoylation by a DHHC6/selenoprotein K complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:16478-83. [PMID: 25368151 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1417176111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Calcium (Ca(2+)) is a secondary messenger in cells and Ca(2+) flux initiated from endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stores via inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3) binding to the IP3 receptor (IP3R) is particularly important for the activation and function of immune cells. Previous studies demonstrated that genetic deletion of selenoprotein K (Selk) led to decreased Ca(2+) flux in a variety of immune cells and impaired immunity, but the mechanism was unclear. Here we show that Selk deficiency does not affect receptor-induced IP3 production, but Selk deficiency through genetic deletion or low selenium in culture media leads to low expression of the IP3R due to a defect in IP3R palmitoylation. Bioinformatic analysis of the DHHC (letters represent the amino acids aspartic acid, histidine, histidine, and cysteine in the catalytic domain) family of enzymes that catalyze protein palmitoylation revealed that one member, DHHC6, contains a predicted Src-homology 3 (SH3) domain and DHHC6 is localized to the ER membrane. Because Selk is also an ER membrane protein and contains an SH3 binding domain, immunofluorescence and coimmunoprecipitation experiments were conducted and revealed DHHC6/Selk interactions in the ER membrane that depended on SH3/SH3 binding domain interactions. DHHC6 knockdown using shRNA in stably transfected cell lines led to decreased expression of the IP3R and impaired IP3R-dependent Ca(2+) flux. Mass spectrophotometric and bioinformatic analyses of the IP3R protein identified two palmitoylated cysteine residues and another potentially palmitoylated cysteine, and mutation of these three cysteines to alanines resulted in decreased IP3R palmitoylation and function. These findings reveal IP3R palmitoylation as a critical regulator of Ca(2+) flux in immune cells and define a previously unidentified DHHC/Selk complex responsible for this process.
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Brett K, Kordyukova LV, Serebryakova MV, Mintaev RR, Alexeevski AV, Veit M. Site-specific S-acylation of influenza virus hemagglutinin: the location of the acylation site relative to the membrane border is the decisive factor for attachment of stearate. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:34978-89. [PMID: 25349209 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.586180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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S-Acylation of hemagglutinin (HA), the main glycoprotein of influenza viruses, is an essential modification required for virus replication. Using mass spectrometry, we have previously demonstrated specific attachment of acyl chains to individual acylation sites. Whereas the two cysteines in the cytoplasmic tail of HA contain only palmitate, stearate is exclusively attached to a cysteine positioned at the end of the transmembrane region (TMR). Here we analyzed recombinant viruses containing HA with exchange of conserved amino acids adjacent to acylation sites or with a TMR cysteine shifted to a cytoplasmic location to identify the molecular signal that determines preferential attachment of stearate. We first developed a new protocol for sample preparation that requires less material and might thus also be suitable to analyze cellular proteins. We observed cell type-specific differences in the fatty acid pattern of HA: more stearate was attached if human viruses were grown in mammalian compared with avian cells. No underacylated peptides were detected in the mass spectra, and even mutations that prevented generation of infectious virus particles did not abolish acylation of expressed HA as demonstrated by metabolic labeling experiments with [(3)H]palmitate. Exchange of conserved amino acids in the vicinity of an acylation site had a moderate effect on the stearate content. In contrast, shifting the TMR cysteine to a cytoplasmic location virtually eliminated attachment of stearate. Thus, the location of an acylation site relative to the transmembrane span is the main signal for stearate attachment, but the sequence context and the cell type modulate the fatty acid pattern.
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- Katharina Brett
- From the Institut für Virologie, Free University Berlin, 14163 Berlin, Germany
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- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia
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- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia, I. I. Mechnikov Research Institute of Vaccines and Sera, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, 105064 Moscow, Russia, and
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- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia, Department of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119234 Moscow, Russia
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- From the Institut für Virologie, Free University Berlin, 14163 Berlin, Germany,
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Edmonds MJ, Morgan A. A systematic analysis of protein palmitoylation in Caenorhabditis elegans. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:841. [PMID: 25277130 PMCID: PMC4192757 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Palmitoylation is a reversible post-translational protein modification which involves the addition of palmitate to cysteine residues. Palmitoylation is catalysed by the DHHC family of palmitoyl-acyl transferases (PATs) and reversibility is conferred by palmitoyl-protein thioesterases (PPTs). Mutations in genes encoding both classes of enzymes are associated with human diseases, notably neurological disorders, underlining their importance. Despite the pivotal role of yeast studies in discovering PATs, palmitoylation has not been studied in the key animal model Caenorhabditis elegans. RESULTS Analysis of the C. elegans genome identified fifteen PATs, using the DHHC cysteine-rich domain, and two PPTs, by homology. The twelve uncategorised PATs were officially named using a dhhc-x system. Genomic data on these palmitoylation enzymes and those in yeast, Drosophila and humans was collated and analysed to predict properties and relationships in C. elegans. All available C. elegans strains containing a mutation in a palmitoylation enzyme were analysed and a complete library of RNA interference (RNAi) feeding plasmids against PAT or PPT genes was generated. To test for possible redundancy, double RNAi was performed against selected closely related PATs and both PPTs. Animals were screened for phenotypes including size, longevity and sensory and motor neuronal functions. Although some significant differences were observed with individual mutants or RNAi treatment, in general there was little impact on these phenotypes, suggesting that genetic buffering exists within the palmitoylation network in worms. CONCLUSIONS This study reports the first characterisation of palmitoylation in C. elegans using both in silico and in vivo approaches, and opens up this key model organism for further detailed study of palmitoylation in future.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Crown St,, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK.
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Oeste CL, Pinar M, Schink KO, Martínez-Turrión J, Stenmark H, Peñalva MA, Pérez-Sala D. An isoprenylation and palmitoylation motif promotes intraluminal vesicle delivery of proteins in cells from distant species. PLoS One 2014; 9:e107190. [PMID: 25207810 PMCID: PMC4160200 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2014] [Accepted: 08/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The C-terminal ends of small GTPases contain hypervariable sequences which may be posttranslationally modified by defined lipid moieties. The diverse structural motifs generated direct proteins towards specific cellular membranes or organelles. However, knowledge on the factors that determine these selective associations is limited. Here we show, using advanced microscopy, that the isoprenylation and palmitoylation motif of human RhoB (–CINCCKVL) targets chimeric proteins to intraluminal vesicles of endolysosomes in human cells, displaying preferential co-localization with components of the late endocytic pathway. Moreover, this distribution is conserved in distant species, including cells from amphibians, insects and fungi. Blocking lipidic modifications results in accumulation of CINCCKVL chimeras in the cytosol, from where they can reach endolysosomes upon release of this block. Remarkably, CINCCKVL constructs are sorted to intraluminal vesicles in a cholesterol-dependent process. In the lower species, neither the C-terminal sequence of RhoB, nor the endosomal distribution of its homologs are conserved; in spite of this, CINCCKVL constructs also reach endolysosomes in Xenopus laevis and insect cells. Strikingly, this behavior is prominent in the filamentous ascomycete fungus Aspergillus nidulans, in which GFP-CINCCKVL is sorted into endosomes and vacuoles in a lipidation-dependent manner and allows monitoring endosomal movement in live fungi. In summary, the isoprenylated and palmitoylated CINCCKVL sequence constitutes a specific structure which delineates an endolysosomal sorting strategy operative in phylogenetically diverse organisms.
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- Clara L. Oeste
- Department of Chemical and Physical Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Chemical and Physical Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Physical Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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Merino MC, Zamponi N, Vranych CV, Touz MC, Rópolo AS. Identification of Giardia lamblia DHHC proteins and the role of protein S-palmitoylation in the encystation process. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014; 8:e2997. [PMID: 25058047 PMCID: PMC4109852 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2013] [Accepted: 05/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Protein S-palmitoylation, a hydrophobic post-translational modification, is performed by protein acyltransferases that have a common DHHC Cys-rich domain (DHHC proteins), and provides a regulatory switch for protein membrane association. In this work, we analyzed the presence of DHHC proteins in the protozoa parasite Giardia lamblia and the function of the reversible S-palmitoylation of proteins during parasite differentiation into cyst. Two specific events were observed: encysting cells displayed a larger amount of palmitoylated proteins, and parasites treated with palmitoylation inhibitors produced a reduced number of mature cysts. With bioinformatics tools, we found nine DHHC proteins, potential protein acyltransferases, in the Giardia proteome. These proteins displayed a conserved structure when compared to different organisms and are distributed in different monophyletic clades. Although all Giardia DHHC proteins were found to be present in trophozoites and encysting cells, these proteins showed a different intracellular localization in trophozoites and seemed to be differently involved in the encystation process when they were overexpressed. dhhc transgenic parasites showed a different pattern of cyst wall protein expression and yielded different amounts of mature cysts when they were induced to encyst. Our findings disclosed some important issues regarding the role of DHHC proteins and palmitoylation during Giardia encystation. Giardiasis is a major cause of non-viral/non-bacterial diarrheal disease worldwide and has been included within the WHO Neglected Disease Initiative since 2004. Infection begins with the ingestion of Giardia lamblia in cyst form, which, after exposure to gastric acid in the host stomach and proteases in the duodenum, gives rise to trophozoites. The inverse process is called encystation and begins when the trophozoites migrate to the lower part of the small intestine where they receive signals that trigger synthesis of the components of the cyst wall. The cyst form enables the parasite to survive in the environment, infect a new host and evade the immune response. In this work, we explored the role of protein S-palmitoylation, a unique reversible post-translational modification, during Giardia encystation, because de novo generation of endomembrane compartments, protein sorting and vesicle fusion occur in this process. Our findings may contribute to the design of therapeutic agents against this important human pathogen.
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- María C. Merino
- Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra, INIMEC – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra, INIMEC – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra, INIMEC – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra, INIMEC – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra, INIMEC – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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Chavda B, Arnott JA, Planey SL. Targeting protein palmitoylation: selective inhibitors and implications in disease. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2014; 9:1005-19. [DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2014.933802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Burzin Chavda
- The Commonwealth Medical College, Department of Basic Sciences, Scranton, PA 18509, USA
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- The Commonwealth Medical College, Department of Basic Sciences, Scranton, PA 18509, USA
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- The Commonwealth Medical College, Department of Basic Sciences, Scranton, PA 18509, USA
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Goldston AM, Sharma AI, Paul KS, Engman DM. Acylation in trypanosomatids: an essential process and potential drug target. Trends Parasitol 2014; 30:350-60. [PMID: 24954795 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2014.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Revised: 05/06/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Fatty acylation--the addition of fatty acid moieties such as myristate and palmitate to proteins--is essential for the survival, growth, and infectivity of the trypanosomatids: Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi, and Leishmania. Myristoylation and palmitoylation are critical for parasite growth, targeting and localization, and the intrinsic function of some proteins. The trypanosomatids possess a single N-myristoyltransferase (NMT) and multiple palmitoyl acyltransferases, and these enzymes and their protein targets are only now being characterized. Global inhibition of either process leads to cell death in trypanosomatids, and genetic ablation of NMT compromises virulence. Moreover, NMT inhibitors effectively cure T. brucei infection in rodents. Thus, protein acylation represents an attractive target for the development of new trypanocidal drugs.
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- Amanda M Goldston
- Departments of Pathology and Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Departments of Pathology and Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
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- Departments of Pathology and Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Breker M, Schuldiner M. The emergence of proteome-wide technologies: systematic analysis of proteins comes of age. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2014; 15:453-64. [PMID: 24938631 DOI: 10.1038/nrm3821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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During the lifetime of a cell proteins can change their localization, alter their abundance and undergo modifications, all of which cannot be assayed by tracking mRNAs alone. Methods to study proteomes directly are coming of age, thereby opening new perspectives on the role of post-translational regulation in stabilizing the cellular milieu. Proteomics has undergone a revolution, and novel technologies for the systematic analysis of proteins have emerged. These methods can expand our ability to acquire information from single proteins to proteomes, from static to dynamic measures and from the population level to the level of single cells. Such approaches promise that proteomes will soon be studied at a similar level of dynamic resolution as has been the norm for transcriptomes.
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- Michal Breker
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Hamel LD, Deschenes RJ, Mitchell DA. A fluorescence-based assay to monitor autopalmitoylation of zDHHC proteins applicable to high-throughput screening. Anal Biochem 2014; 460:1-8. [PMID: 24878334 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2014.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2014] [Revised: 05/13/2014] [Accepted: 05/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Palmitoylation, the posttranslational thioester-linked modification of a 16-carbon saturated fatty acid onto the cysteine residue of a protein, has garnered considerable attention due to its implication in a multitude of disease states. The signature DHHC motif (Asp-His-His-Cys) identifies a family of protein acyltransferases (PATs) that catalyze the S-palmitoylation of target proteins via a two-step mechanism. In the first step, autopalmitoylation, palmitate is transferred from palmitoyl-CoA to the PAT, creating a palmitoyl:PAT intermediate and releasing reduced CoA. The palmitoyl moiety is then transferred to a protein substrate in the second step of the reaction. We have developed an in vitro, single-well, fluorescence-based enzyme assay that monitors the first step of the PAT reaction by coupling the production of reduced CoA to the reduction of NAD(+) using the α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex. This assay is suitable for determining PAT kinetic parameters, elucidating lipid donor specificity and measuring PAT inhibition by 2-bromopalmitate. Finally, it can be used for high-throughput screening (HTS) campaigns for modulators of protein palmitoylation.
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- Laura D Hamel
- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
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Wang CH, Shyu RY, Wu CC, Tsai TC, Wang LK, Chen ML, Jiang SY, Tsai FM. Phospholipase A/Acyltransferase enzyme activity of H-rev107 inhibits the H-RAS signaling pathway. J Biomed Sci 2014; 21:36. [PMID: 24884338 PMCID: PMC4012743 DOI: 10.1186/1423-0127-21-36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2013] [Accepted: 04/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND H-rev107, also called HRASLS3 or PLA2G16, is a member of the HREV107 type II tumor suppressor gene family. Previous studies showed that H-rev107 exhibits phospholipase A/acyltransferase (PLA/AT) activity and downregulates H-RAS expression. However, the mode of action and the site of inhibition of H-RAS by H-rev107 are still unknown. RESULTS Our results indicate that H-rev107 was co-precipitated with H-RAS and downregulated the levels of activated RAS (RAS-GTP) and ELK1-mediated transactivation in epidermal growth factor-stimulated and H-RAS-cotransfected HtTA cervical cancer cells. Furthermore, an acyl-biotin exchange assay demonstrated that H-rev107 reduced H-RAS palmitoylation. H-rev107 has been shown to be a PLA/AT that is involved in phospholipid metabolism. Treating cells with the PLA/AT inhibitor arachidonyl trifluoromethyl ketone (AACOCF3) or methyl arachidonyl fluorophosphate (MAFP) alleviated H-rev107-induced downregulation of the levels of acylated H-RAS. AACOCF3 and MAFP also increased activated RAS and ELK1-mediated transactivation in H-rev107-expressing HtTA cells following their treatment with epidermal growth factor. In contrast, treating cells with the acyl-protein thioesterase inhibitor palmostatin B enhanced H-rev107-mediated downregulation of acylated H-RAS in H-rev107-expressing cells. Palmostatin B had no effect on H-rev107-induced suppression of RAS-GTP levels or ELK1-mediated transactivation. These results suggest that H-rev107 decreases H-RAS activity through its PLA/AT activity to modulate H-RAS acylation. CONCLUSIONS We made the novel observation that H-rev107 decrease in the steady state levels of H-RAS palmitoylation through the phospholipase A/acyltransferase activity. H-rev107 is likely to suppress activation of the RAS signaling pathway by reducing the levels of palmitoylated H-RAS, which decreases the levels of GTP-bound H-RAS and also the activation of downstream molecules. Our study further suggests that the PLA/AT activity of H-rev107 may play an important role in H-rev107-mediated RAS suppression.
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- Department of Research, Taipei Tzuchi Hospital, The Buddhist Tzuchi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
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Progress in Research Methods for Protein Palmitoylation. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2040(13)60727-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Yeste-Velasco M, Mao X, Grose R, Kudahetti SC, Lin D, Marzec J, Vasiljević N, Chaplin T, Xue L, Xu M, Foster JM, Karnam SS, James SY, Chioni AM, Gould D, Lorincz AT, Oliver RTD, Chelala C, Thomas GM, Shipley JM, Mather SJ, Berney DM, Young BD, Lu YJ. Identification of ZDHHC14 as a novel human tumour suppressor gene. J Pathol 2014; 232:566-77. [PMID: 24407904 DOI: 10.1002/path.4327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2013] [Revised: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 01/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Genomic changes affecting tumour suppressor genes are fundamental to cancer. We applied SNP array analysis to a panel of testicular germ cell tumours to search for novel tumour suppressor genes and identified a frequent small deletion on 6q25.3 affecting just one gene, ZDHHC14. The expression of ZDHHC14, a putative protein palmitoyltransferase with unknown cellular function, was decreased at both RNA and protein levels in testicular germ cell tumours. ZDHHC14 expression was also significantly decreased in a panel of prostate cancer samples and cell lines. In addition to our findings of genetic and protein expression changes in clinical samples, inducible overexpression of ZDHHC14 led to reduced cell viability and increased apoptosis through the classic caspase-dependent apoptotic pathway and heterozygous knockout of ZDHHC14 increased [CORRECTED] cell colony formation ability. Finally, we confirmed our in vitro findings of the tumour suppressor role of ZDHHC14 in a mouse xenograft model, showing that overexpression of ZDHHC14 inhibits tumourigenesis. Thus, we have identified a novel tumour suppressor gene that is commonly down-regulated in testicular germ cell tumours and prostate cancer, as well as given insight into the cellular functional role of ZDHHC14, a potential protein palmitoyltransferase that may play a key protective role in cancer.
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- Marc Yeste-Velasco
- Centre for Molecular Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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Manandhar SP, Calle EN, Gharakhanian E. Distinct palmitoylation events at the amino-terminal conserved cysteines of Env7 direct its stability, localization, and vacuolar fusion regulation in S. cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:11431-11442. [PMID: 24610781 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.524082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Palmitoylation at cysteine residues is the only known reversible form of lipidation and has been implicated in protein membrane association as well as function. Many palmitoylated proteins have regulatory roles in dynamic cellular processes, including membrane fusion. Recently, we identified Env7 as a conserved and palmitoylated protein kinase involved in negative regulation of membrane fusion at the lysosomal vacuole. Env7 contains a palmitoylation consensus sequence, and substitution of its three consecutive cysteines (Cys(13)-Cys(15)) results in a non-palmitoylated and cytoplasmic Env7. In this study, we further dissect and define the role(s) of individual cysteines of the consensus sequence in various properties of Env7 in vivo. Our results indicate that more than one of the cysteines serve as palmitoylation substrates, and any pairwise combination is essential and sufficient for near wild type levels of Env7 palmitoylation, membrane localization, and phosphorylation. Furthermore, individually, each cysteine can serve as a minimum requirement for distinct aspects of Env7 behavior and function in cells. Cys(13) is sufficient for membrane association, Cys(15) is essential for the fusion regulatory function of membrane-bound Env7, and Cys(14) and Cys(15) are redundantly essential for protection of membrane-bound Env7 from proteasomal degradation. A role for Cys(14) and Cys(15) in correct sorting at the membrane is also discussed. Thus, palmitoylation at the N-terminal cysteines of Env7 directs not only its membrane association but also its stability, phosphorylation, and cellular function.
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- Surya P Manandhar
- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, California 90840
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, California 90840
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, California 90840.
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Li SX, Tang GS, Zhou DX, Pan YF, Tan YX, Zhang J, Zhang B, Ding ZW, Liu LJ, Jiang TY, Hu HP, Dong LW, Wang HY. Prognostic significance of cytoskeleton-associated membrane protein 4 and its palmitoyl acyltransferase DHHC2 in hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer 2014; 120:1520-31. [DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2013] [Revised: 12/04/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Shuang-Xi Li
- International Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute; the Second Military Medical University; Shanghai China
- National Center for Liver Cancer; Shanghai China
- Department of Liver Medicine, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital; Second Military Medical University; Shanghai China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changhai Hospital; Second Military Medical University; Shanghai China
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- Department of Liver Medicine, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital; Second Military Medical University; Shanghai China
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- International Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute; the Second Military Medical University; Shanghai China
- National Center for Liver Cancer; Shanghai China
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- International Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute; the Second Military Medical University; Shanghai China
- National Center for Liver Cancer; Shanghai China
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- International Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute; the Second Military Medical University; Shanghai China
- National Center for Liver Cancer; Shanghai China
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- International Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute; the Second Military Medical University; Shanghai China
- National Center for Liver Cancer; Shanghai China
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- International Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute; the Second Military Medical University; Shanghai China
- National Center for Liver Cancer; Shanghai China
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- International Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute; the Second Military Medical University; Shanghai China
- National Center for Liver Cancer; Shanghai China
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- International Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute; the Second Military Medical University; Shanghai China
- National Center for Liver Cancer; Shanghai China
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- Department of Liver Medicine, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital; Second Military Medical University; Shanghai China
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- International Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute; the Second Military Medical University; Shanghai China
- National Center for Liver Cancer; Shanghai China
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- International Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute; the Second Military Medical University; Shanghai China
- National Center for Liver Cancer; Shanghai China
- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital; Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine; China
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Kumari B, Kumar R, Kumar M. PalmPred: an SVM based palmitoylation prediction method using sequence profile information. PLoS One 2014; 9:e89246. [PMID: 24586628 PMCID: PMC3929663 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2013] [Accepted: 01/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Protein palmitoylation is the covalent attachment of the 16-carbon fatty acid palmitate to a cysteine residue. It is the most common acylation of protein and occurs only in eukaryotes. Palmitoylation plays an important role in the regulation of protein subcellular localization, stability, translocation to lipid rafts and many other protein functions. Hence, the accurate prediction of palmitoylation site(s) can help in understanding the molecular mechanism of palmitoylation and also in designing various related experiments. Here we present a novel in silico predictor called ‘PalmPred’ to identify palmitoylation sites from protein sequence information using a support vector machine model. The best performance of PalmPred was obtained by incorporating sequence conservation features of peptide of window size 11 using a leave-one-out approach. It helped in achieving an accuracy of 91.98%, sensitivity of 79.23%, specificity of 94.30%, and Matthews Correlation Coefficient of 0.71. PalmPred outperformed existing palmitoylation site prediction methods – IFS-Palm and WAP-Palm on an independent dataset. Based on these measures it can be anticipated that PalmPred will be helpful in identifying candidate palmitoylation sites. All the source datasets, standalone and web-server are available at http://14.139.227.92/mkumar/palmpred/.
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- Bandana Kumari
- Department of Biophysics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India
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Blaskovic S, Adibekian A, Blanc M, van der Goot GF. Mechanistic effects of protein palmitoylation and the cellular consequences thereof. Chem Phys Lipids 2014; 180:44-52. [PMID: 24534427 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2014.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2013] [Revised: 01/31/2014] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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S-palmitoylation involves the attachment of a 16-carbon long fatty acid chain to the cysteine residues of proteins. The process is enzymatic and dynamic with DHHC enzymes mediating palmitoylation and acyl-protein thioesterases reverting the reaction. Proteins that undergo this modification span almost all cellular functions. While the increase in hydrophobicity generated by palmitoylation has the obvious consequence of triggering membrane association, the effects on transmembrane proteins are less intuitive and span a vast range. We review here the current knowledge on palmitoylating and depalmitoylating enzymes, the methods that allow the study of this lipid modification and which drugs can affect it, and finally we focus on four cellular processes for which recent studies reveal an involvement of palmitoylation: endocytosis, reproduction and cell growth, fat and sugar homeostasis and signal transduction at the synapse.
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- Sanja Blaskovic
- Global Health Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 19, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Global Health Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 19, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Global Health Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 19, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Young E, Zheng ZY, Wilkins AD, Jeong HT, Li M, Lichtarge O, Chang EC. Regulation of Ras localization and cell transformation by evolutionarily conserved palmitoyltransferases. Mol Cell Biol 2014; 34:374-85. [PMID: 24248599 PMCID: PMC3911504 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01248-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Revised: 10/16/2013] [Accepted: 11/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Ras can act on the plasma membrane (PM) to mediate extracellular signaling and tumorigenesis. To identify key components controlling Ras PM localization, we performed an unbiased screen to seek Schizosaccharomyces pombe mutants with reduced PM Ras. Five mutants were found with mutations affecting the same gene, S. pombe erf2 (sp-erf2), encoding sp-Erf2, a palmitoyltransferase, with various activities. sp-Erf2 localizes to the trans-Golgi compartment, a process which is mediated by its third transmembrane domain and the Erf4 cofactor. In fission yeast, the human ortholog zDHHC9 rescues the phenotypes of sp-erf2 null cells. In contrast, expressing zDHHC14, another sp-Erf2-like human protein, did not rescue Ras1 mislocalization in these cells. Importantly, ZDHHC9 is widely overexpressed in cancers. Overexpressing ZDHHC9 promotes, while repressing it diminishes, Ras PM localization and transformation of mammalian cells. These data strongly demonstrate that sp-Erf2/zDHHC9 palmitoylates Ras proteins in a highly selective manner in the trans-Golgi compartment to facilitate PM targeting via the trans-Golgi network, a role that is most certainly critical for Ras-driven tumorigenesis.
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- Evelin Young
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
- Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
- Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
- CIBR Center for Computational and Integrative Biomedical Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
- Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Nanjing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
- CIBR Center for Computational and Integrative Biomedical Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
- Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Frénal K, Kemp LE, Soldati-Favre D. Emerging roles for protein S-palmitoylation in Toxoplasma biology. Int J Parasitol 2014; 44:121-31. [PMID: 24184909 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2013] [Revised: 09/25/2013] [Accepted: 09/28/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Post-translational modifications are refined, rapidly responsive and powerful ways to modulate protein function. Among post-translational modifications, acylation is now emerging as a widespread modification exploited by eukaryotes, bacteria and viruses to control biological processes. Protein palmitoylation involves the attachment of palmitic acid, also known as hexadecanoic acid, to cysteine residues of integral and peripheral membrane proteins and increases their affinity for membranes. Importantly, similar to phosphorylation, palmitoylation is reversible and is becoming recognised as instrumental for the regulation of protein function by modulating protein interactions, stability, folding, trafficking and signalling. Palmitoylation appears to play a central role in the biology of the Apicomplexa, regulating critical processes such as host cell invasion which is vital for parasite survival and dissemination. The recent identification of over 400 palmitoylated proteins in Plasmodium falciparum erythrocytic stages illustrates the broad spread and impact of this modification on parasite biology. The main enzymes responsible for protein palmitoylation are multi-membrane protein S-acyl transferases harbouring a catalytic Asp-His-His-Cys (DHHC) motif. A global functional analysis of the repertoire of protein S-acyl transferases in Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium berghei has recently been performed. The essential nature of some of these enzymes illustrates the key roles played by this post-translational modification in the corresponding substrates implicated in fundamental processes such as parasite motility and organelle biogenesis. Toward a better understanding of the depalmitoylation event, a protein with palmitoyl protein thioesterase activity has been identified in T. gondii. TgPPT1/TgASH1 is the main target of specific acyl protein thioesterase inhibitors but is dispensable for parasite survival, suggesting the implication of other genes in depalmitoylation. Palmitoylation/depalmitoylation cycles are now emerging as potential novel regulatory networks and T. gondii represents a superb model organism in which to explore their significance.
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- Karine Frénal
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel-Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel-Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel-Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Wolf W, Meese K, Seedorf M. Ist2 in the yeast cortical endoplasmic reticulum promotes trafficking of the amino acid transporter Bap2 to the plasma membrane. PLoS One 2014; 9:e85418. [PMID: 24416406 PMCID: PMC3885692 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2013] [Accepted: 11/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The equipment of the plasma membrane in Saccharomyces cerevisiae with specific nutrient transporters is highly regulated by transcription, translation and protein trafficking allowing growth in changing environments. The activity of these transporters depends on a H+ gradient across the plasma membrane generated by the H+-ATPase Pma1. We found that the polytopic membrane protein Ist2 in the cortical endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is required for efficient leucine uptake during the transition from fermentation to respiration. Experiments employing tandem fluorescence timer protein tag showed that Ist2 was necessary for efficient trafficking of newly synthesized leucine transporter Bap2 from the ER to the plasma membrane. This finding explains the growth defect of ist2Δ mutants during nutritional challenges and illustrates the important role of physical coupling between cortical ER and plasma membrane.
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- Wendelin Wolf
- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH-Allianz, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH-Allianz, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH-Allianz, Heidelberg, Germany
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Jia L, Chisari M, Maktabi MH, Sobieski C, Zhou H, Konopko AM, Martin BR, Mennerick SJ, Blumer KJ. A mechanism regulating G protein-coupled receptor signaling that requires cycles of protein palmitoylation and depalmitoylation. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:6249-57. [PMID: 24385443 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.531475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Reversible attachment and removal of palmitate or other long-chain fatty acids on proteins has been hypothesized, like phosphorylation, to control diverse biological processes. Indeed, palmitate turnover regulates Ras trafficking and signaling. Beyond this example, however, the functions of palmitate turnover on specific proteins remain poorly understood. Here, we show that a mechanism regulating G protein-coupled receptor signaling in neuronal cells requires palmitate turnover. We used hexadecyl fluorophosphonate or palmostatin B to inhibit enzymes in the serine hydrolase family that depalmitoylate proteins, and we studied R7 regulator of G protein signaling (RGS)-binding protein (R7BP), a palmitoylated allosteric modulator of R7 RGS proteins that accelerate deactivation of Gi/o class G proteins. Depalmitoylation inhibition caused R7BP to redistribute from the plasma membrane to endomembrane compartments, dissociated R7BP-bound R7 RGS complexes from Gi/o-gated G protein-regulated inwardly rectifying K(+) (GIRK) channels and delayed GIRK channel closure. In contrast, targeting R7BP to the plasma membrane with a polybasic domain and an irreversibly attached lipid instead of palmitate rendered GIRK channel closure insensitive to depalmitoylation inhibitors. Palmitate turnover therefore is required for localizing R7BP to the plasma membrane and facilitating Gi/o deactivation by R7 RGS proteins on GIRK channels. Our findings broaden the scope of biological processes regulated by palmitate turnover on specific target proteins. Inhibiting R7BP depalmitoylation may provide a means of enhancing GIRK activity in neurological disorders.
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- Lixia Jia
- From the Departments of Cell Biology and Physiology
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Zhou B, An M, Freeman MR, Yang W. Technologies and Challenges in Proteomic Analysis of Protein S-acylation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 7:256-263. [PMID: 25505364 PMCID: PMC4259255 DOI: 10.4172/jpb.1000327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Protein S-acylation (also called palmitoylation) is a pervasive post-translational modification that plays critical roles in regulating protein trafficking, localization, stability, activity, and complex formation. The past decade has witnessed tremendous advances in the study of protein S-acylation, largely owing to the development of novel S-acylproteomics technologies. In this review, we summarize current S-acylproteomics approaches, critically review published S-acylproteomics studies, and envision future directions for the burgeoning S-acylproteomics field. Emerging S-acylproteomics technologies promise to shed new light on this distinct post-translational modification and facilitate the discovery of new disease mechanisms, biomarkers, and therapeutic targets.
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- Bo Zhou
- Cancer Biology Program, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA ; Departments of Surgery and Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Cancer Biology Program, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA ; Departments of Surgery and Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Cancer Biology Program, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA ; Departments of Surgery and Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Cancer Biology Program, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA ; Departments of Surgery and Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Metabolic labeling of Ras with tritiated palmitate to monitor palmitoylation and depalmitoylation. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1120:33-41. [PMID: 24470017 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-791-4_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Metabolic labeling with tritiated palmitate is a direct method for monitoring posttranslational modification of Ras proteins with this fatty acid. Advances in intensifying screens have allowed for the easy visualization of tritium without the need for extended exposure times. While more energetic radioisotopes are easier to visualize, the lack of commercial source and need for shielding make them more difficult to work with. Since radiolabeled palmitate is directly incorporated into Ras, its loss can be monitored by traditional pulse-chase experiments that cannot be accomplished with the method of acyl-exchange chemistry. As such, tritiated palmitate remains a readily accessible and direct method for monitoring the palmitoylation status of Ras proteins under a multitude of conditions.
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Lichti CF, Wildburger NC, Emmett MR, Mostovenko E, Shavkunov AS, Strain SK, Nilsson CL. Post-translational Modifications in the Human Proteome. TRANSLATIONAL BIOINFORMATICS 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9202-8_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Wei X, Song H, Semenkovich CF. Insulin-regulated protein palmitoylation impacts endothelial cell function. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2013; 34:346-54. [PMID: 24357059 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.113.302848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Defects in insulin signaling are associated with abnormal endothelial cell function, which occurs commonly in cardiovascular disease. Targets of insulin signaling in endothelial cells are incompletely understood. Protein S-palmitoylation, the reversible modification of proteins by the lipid palmitate, is a post-translational process relevant to cell signaling, but little is known about the role of insulin in protein palmitoylation. APPROACH AND RESULTS To test the hypothesis that insulin alters protein palmitoylation in endothelial cells, we combined acyl-biotin exchange chemistry with stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture to perform quantitative proteomic profiling of human endothelial cells. We identified ≈380 putative palmitoylated proteins, of which >200 were not known to be palmitoylated; ≈10% of the putative palmitoylated proteins were induced or suppressed by insulin. Of those potentially affected by insulin, <10 have been implicated in vascular function. For one, platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase IB subunit gamma (PAFAH1b3; not previously known to be palmitoylated), we confirmed that insulin stimulated palmitoylation without affecting PAFAH1b3 protein abundance. Chemical inhibition of palmitoylation prevented insulin-induced angiogenesis in vitro; knockdown of PAFAH1b3 had the same effect. PAFAH1b3 knockdown also disrupted cell migration. Mutagenesis of cysteines at residues 56 and 206 prevented palmitoylation of PAFAH1b3, abolished its capacity to stimulate cell migration, and inhibited its association with detergent-resistant membranes, which are implicated in cell signaling. Insulin promoted the association of wild-type PAFAH1b3 with detergent-resistant membranes. CONCLUSIONS These findings provide proof of principle for using proteomics to identify novel insulin-inducible palmitoylation targets relevant to endothelial function.
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- Xiaochao Wei
- From the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid Research (X.W., H.S., C.F.S.) and Department of Cell Biology and Physiology (C.F.S.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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Resin-assisted enrichment of thiols as a general strategy for proteomic profiling of cysteine-based reversible modifications. Nat Protoc 2013; 9:64-75. [PMID: 24336471 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Reversible modifications of cysteine thiols have a key role in redox signaling and regulation. A number of reversible redox modifications, including disulfide formation, S-nitrosylation (SNO) and S-glutathionylation (SSG), have been recognized for their significance in various physiological and pathological processes. Here we describe a procedure for the enrichment of peptides containing reversible cysteine modifications. Starting with tissue or cell lysate samples, all of the unmodified free thiols are blocked using N-ethylmaleimide (NEM). This is followed by the selective reduction of those cysteines bearing the reversible modification(s) of interest. The reduction is achieved by using different reducing reagents that react specifically with each type of cysteine modification (e.g., ascorbate for SNO). This protocol serves as a general approach for enrichment of thiol-containing proteins or peptides derived from reversibly modified proteins. The approach uses a commercially available thiol-affinity resin (thiopropyl Sepharose 6B) to directly capture free thiol-containing proteins through a disulfide exchange reaction, followed by on-resin protein digestion and multiplexed isobaric labeling to facilitate liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)-based quantitative site-specific analysis of cysteine-based reversible modifications. The overall approach requires a simpler workflow with increased specificity compared with the commonly used biotinylation-based assays. The procedure for selective enrichment and analyses of SNO and the level of total reversible cysteine modifications (or total oxidation) is presented to demonstrate the utility of this general strategy. The entire protocol requires ∼3 d for sample processing with an additional day for LC-MS/MS and data analysis.
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Multiple cysteine residues are necessary for sorting and transport activity of the arsenite permease Acr3p from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2013; 1838:747-55. [PMID: 24291645 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2013] [Revised: 11/13/2013] [Accepted: 11/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The yeast transporter Acr3p is a low affinity As(III)/H(+) and Sb(III)/H(+) antiporter located in the plasma membrane. It has been shown for bacterial Acr3 proteins that just a single cysteine residue, which is located in the middle of the fourth transmembrane region and conserved in all members of the Acr3 family, is essential for As(III) transport activity. Here, we report a systematic mutational analysis of all nine cysteine residues present in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Acr3p. We found that mutagenesis of highly conserved Cys151 resulted in a complete loss of metalloid transport function. In addition, lack of Cys90 and Cys169, which are conserved in eukaryotic members of Acr3 family, impaired Acr3p trafficking to the plasma membrane and greatly reduced As(III) efflux, respectively. Mutagenesis of five other cysteines in Acr3p resulted in moderate reduction of As(III) transport capacities and sorting perturbations. Our data suggest that interaction of As(III) with multiple thiol groups in the yeast Acr3p may facilitate As(III) translocation across the plasma membrane.
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Wan J, Savas JN, Roth AF, Sanders SS, Singaraja RR, Hayden MR, Yates JR, Davis NG. Tracking brain palmitoylation change: predominance of glial change in a mouse model of Huntington's disease. CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY 2013; 20:1421-34. [PMID: 24211138 PMCID: PMC3880188 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2013.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2013] [Revised: 08/28/2013] [Accepted: 09/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Protein palmitoylation, a reversible lipid modification of proteins, is widely used in the nervous system, with dysregulated palmitoylation being implicated in a variety of neurological disorders. Described below is ABE/SILAM, a proteomic strategy that couples acyl-biotinyl exchange (ABE) purification of palmitoyl-proteins to whole animal stable isotope labeling (SILAM) to provide an accurate tracking of palmitoylation change within rodent disease models. As a first application, we have used ABE/SILAM to look at Huntington's disease (HD), profiling palmitoylation change in two HD-relevant mouse mutants: the transgenic HD model mouse YAC128 and the hypomorphic Hip14-gt mouse, which has sharply reduced expression for HIP14 (Zdhhc17), a palmitoyl-transferase implicated in the HD disease process. Rather than mapping to the degenerating neurons themselves, the biggest disease changes instead map to astrocytes and oligodendrocytes (i.e., the supporting glial cells).
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- Junmei Wan
- Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 4H4 Canada
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 4H4 Canada
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 4H4 Canada
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- Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Zinc co-ordination by the DHHC cysteine-rich domain of the palmitoyltransferase Swf1. Biochem J 2013; 454:427-35. [PMID: 23790227 DOI: 10.1042/bj20121693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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S-acylation, commonly known as palmitoylation, is a widespread post-translational modification of proteins that consists of the thioesterification of one or more cysteine residues with fatty acids. This modification is catalysed by a family of PATs (palmitoyltransferases), characterized by the presence of a 50-residue long DHHC-CRD (Asp-His-His-Cys cysteine-rich domain). To gain knowledge on the structure-function relationships of these proteins, we carried out a random-mutagenesis assay designed to uncover essential amino acids in Swf1, the yeast PAT responsible for the palmitoylation of SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein-attachment protein receptor) proteins. We identified 21 novel loss-of-function mutations, which are mostly localized within the DHHC-CRD. Modelling of the tertiary structure of the Swf1 DHHC domain suggests that it could fold as a zinc-finger domain, co-ordinating two zinc atoms in a CCHC arrangement. All residues predicted to be involved in the co-ordination of zinc were found to be essential for Swf1 function in the screen. Moreover, these mutations result in unstable proteins, in agreement with a structural role for these zinc fingers. The conservation of amino acids predicted to form each zinc-binding pocket suggests a shared function, as the selective pressure to maintain them is lost upon mutation of one of them. A Swf1 orthologue that lacks one of the zinc-binding pockets is able to complement a yeast swf1∆ strain, possibly because a similar fold can be stabilized by hydrogen bonds instead of zinc co-ordination. Finally, we show directly that recombinant Swf1 DHHC-CRD is able to bind zinc. Sequence analyses of DHHC domains allowed us to present models of the zinc-binding properties for all PATs.
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Yuan X, Zhang S, Sun M, Liu S, Qi B, Li X. Putative DHHC-cysteine-rich domain S-acyltransferase in plants. PLoS One 2013; 8:e75985. [PMID: 24155879 PMCID: PMC3796536 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2013] [Accepted: 08/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Protein S-acyltransferases (PATs) containing Asp-His-His-Cys within a Cys-rich domain (DHHC-CRD) are polytopic transmembrane proteins that are found in eukaryotic cells and mediate the S-acylation of target proteins. S-acylation is an important secondary and reversible modification that regulates the membrane association, trafficking and function of target proteins. However, little is known about the characteristics of PATs in plants. Here, we identified 804 PATs from 31 species with complete genomes. The analysis of the phylogenetic relationships suggested that all of the PATs fell into 8 groups. In addition, we analysed the phylogeny, genomic organization, chromosome localisation and expression pattern of PATs in Arabidopsis, Oryza sative, Zea mays and Glycine max. The microarray data revealed that PATs genes were expressed in different tissues and during different life stages. The preferential expression of the ZmPATs in specific tissues and the response of Zea mays to treatments with phytohormones and abiotic stress demonstrated that the PATs play roles in plant growth and development as well as in stress responses. Our data provide a useful reference for the identification and functional analysis of the members of this protein family.
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- Xiaowei Yuan
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
- Huasheng Agriculture Limited Liability Company, Qingzhou, Shandong 262500, China
- Qingzhou City Bureau of Agriculture, Qingzhou, Shandong 262500, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
- National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
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Qi B, Doughty J, Hooley R. A Golgi and tonoplast localized S-acyl transferase is involved in cell expansion, cell division, vascular patterning and fertility in Arabidopsis. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2013; 200:444-456. [PMID: 23795888 PMCID: PMC3817529 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 05/23/2013] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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S-acylation of eukaryotic proteins is the reversible attachment of palmitic or stearic acid to cysteine residues, catalysed by protein S-acyl transferases that share an Asp-His-His-Cys (DHHC) motif. Previous evidence suggests that in Arabidopsis S-acylation is involved in the control of cell size, polarity and the growth of pollen tubes and root hairs. Using a combination of yeast genetics, biochemistry, cell biology and loss of function genetics the roles of a member of the protein S-acyl transferase PAT family, AtPAT10 (At3g51390), have been explored. In keeping with its role as a PAT, AtPAT10 auto-S-acylates, and partially complements the yeast akr1 PAT mutant, and this requires Cys(192) of the DHHC motif. In Arabidopsis AtPAT10 is localized in the Golgi stack, trans-Golgi network/early endosome and tonoplast. Loss-of-function mutants have a pleiotropic phenotype involving cell expansion and division, vascular patterning, and fertility that is rescued by wild-type AtPAT10 but not by catalytically inactive AtPAT10C(192) A. This supports the hypothesis that AtPAT10 is functionally independent of the other Arabidopsis PATs. Our findings demonstrate a growing importance of protein S-acylation in plants, and reveal a Golgi and tonoplast located S-acylation mechanism that affects a range of events during growth and development in Arabidopsis.
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- Baoxiu Qi
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of BathClaverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural UniversityShandong, 271018, China
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of BathClaverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of BathClaverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
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Palmitoylation of amyloid precursor protein regulates amyloidogenic processing in lipid rafts. J Neurosci 2013; 33:11169-83. [PMID: 23825420 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4704-12.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Brains of patients affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD) contain large deposits of aggregated amyloid β-protein (Aβ). Only a small fraction of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gives rise to Aβ. Here, we report that ∼10% of APP undergoes a post-translational lipid modification called palmitoylation. We identified the palmitoylation sites in APP at Cys¹⁸⁶ and Cys¹⁸⁷. Surprisingly, point mutations introduced into these cysteines caused nearly complete ER retention of APP. Thus, either APP palmitoylation or disulfide bridges involving these Cys residues appear to be required for ER exit of APP. In later compartments, palmitoylated APP (palAPP) was specifically enriched in lipid rafts. In vitro BACE1 cleavage assays using cell or mouse brain lipid rafts showed that APP palmitoylation enhanced BACE1-mediated processing of APP. Interestingly, we detected an age-dependent increase in endogenous mouse brain palAPP levels. Overexpression of selected DHHC palmitoyl acyltransferases increased palmitoylation of APP and doubled Aβ production, while two palmitoylation inhibitors reduced palAPP levels and APP processing. We have found previously that acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) inhibition led to impaired APP processing. Here we demonstrate that pharmacological inhibition or genetic inactivation of ACAT decrease lipid raft palAPP levels by up to 76%, likely resulting in impaired APP processing. Together, our results indicate that APP palmitoylation enhances amyloidogenic processing by targeting APP to lipid rafts and enhancing its BACE1-mediated cleavage. Thus, inhibition of palAPP formation by ACAT or specific palmitoylation inhibitors would appear to be a valid strategy for prevention and/or treatment of AD.
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Methods to study protein S-palmitoylation dynamics have previously relied on metabolic labeling with [(14)C]palmitate, which requires additional safety precautions and long exposures. Nonradioactive alkynyl palmitate analogs have been developed for in-gel fluorescence detection and affinity purification. Cells metabolically labeled with the commercially available analog 17-octadynoic acid are lysed and then combined with azide-linked reporter tags for efficient conjugation by copper-catalyzed click chemistry in phosphate buffer. This approach has been demonstrated to label hundreds of endogenous palmitoylated proteins and is compatible with traditional pulse-chase methods. This protocol describes the reagents and procedures for labeling and detection of dynamic palmitoylation in mammalian cells.
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- Brent R Martin
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Protein palmitoylation is a critical post-translational modification important for membrane compartmentalization, trafficking and regulation of many key signalling proteins. Recent non-radioactive chemo-proteomic labelling methods have enabled a new focus on this emerging regulatory modification. Palmitoylated proteins can now be profiled in complex biological systems by MS for direct annotation and quantification. Based on these analyses, palmitoylation is clearly widespread and broadly influences the function of many cellular pathways. The recent introduction of selective chemical labelling approaches has opened new opportunities to revisit long-held questions about the enzymatic regulation of this widespread post-translational modification. In the present review, we discuss the impact of new chemical labelling approaches and future challenges for the dynamic global analysis of protein palmitoylation.
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Protein S-palmitoylation is a reversible post-translational modification of proteins with fatty acids. In the last 5 years, improved proteomic methods have increased the number of proteins identified as substrates for palmitoylation from tens to hundreds. Palmitoylation regulates protein membrane interactions, activity, trafficking and stability and can be constitutive or regulated by signalling inputs. A family of PATs (protein acyltransferases) is responsible for modifying proteins with palmitate or other long-chain fatty acids on the cytoplasmic face of cellular membranes. PATs share a signature DHHC (Asp-His-His-Cys) cysteine-rich domain that is the catalytic centre of the enzyme. The biomedical importance of members of this family is underscored by their association with intellectual disability, Huntington's disease and cancer in humans, and raises the possibility of DHHC PATs as targets for therapeutic intervention. In the present paper, we discuss recent progress in understanding enzyme mechanism, regulation and substrate specificity.
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Frénal K, Tay CL, Mueller C, Bushell ES, Jia Y, Graindorge A, Billker O, Rayner JC, Soldati-Favre D. Global analysis of apicomplexan protein S-acyl transferases reveals an enzyme essential for invasion. Traffic 2013; 14:895-911. [PMID: 23638681 PMCID: PMC3813974 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2013] [Revised: 04/29/2013] [Accepted: 05/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The advent of techniques to study palmitoylation on a whole proteome scale has revealed that it is an important reversible modification that plays a role in regulating multiple biological processes. Palmitoylation can control the affinity of a protein for lipid membranes, which allows it to impact protein trafficking, stability, folding, signalling and interactions. The publication of the palmitome of the schizont stage of Plasmodium falciparum implicated a role for palmitoylation in host cell invasion, protein export and organelle biogenesis. However, nothing is known so far about the repertoire of protein S-acyl transferases (PATs) that catalyse this modification in Apicomplexa. We undertook a comprehensive analysis of the repertoire of Asp-His-His-Cys cysteine-rich domain (DHHC-CRD) PAT family in Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium berghei by assessing their localization and essentiality. Unlike functional redundancies reported in other eukaryotes, some apicomplexan-specific DHHCs are essential for parasite growth, and several are targeted to organelles unique to this phylum. Of particular interest is DHHC7, which localizes to rhoptry organelles in all parasites tested, including the major human pathogen P. falciparum. TgDHHC7 interferes with the localization of the rhoptry palmitoylated protein TgARO and affects the apical positioning of the rhoptry organelles. This PAT has a major impact on T. gondii host cell invasion, but not on the parasite's ability to egress.
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- Karine Frénal
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, CMU, University of GenevaRue Michel-Servet 1, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Malaria Programme, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, HinxtonCambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, CMU, University of GenevaRue Michel-Servet 1, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Malaria Programme, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, HinxtonCambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, CMU, University of GenevaRue Michel-Servet 1, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, CMU, University of GenevaRue Michel-Servet 1, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Malaria Programme, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, HinxtonCambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Malaria Programme, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, HinxtonCambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, CMU, University of GenevaRue Michel-Servet 1, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Zhang MM, Wu PYJ, Kelly FD, Nurse P, Hang HC. Quantitative control of protein S-palmitoylation regulates meiotic entry in fission yeast. PLoS Biol 2013; 11:e1001597. [PMID: 23843742 PMCID: PMC3699447 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2013] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Protein S-palmitoylation, a lipid modification mediated by members of the palmitoyltransferase family, serves as an important membrane-targeting mechanism in eukaryotes. Although changes in palmitoyltransferase expression are associated with various physiological and disease states, how these changes affect global protein palmitoylation and cellular function remains unknown. Using a bioorthogonal chemical reporter and labeling strategy to identify and analyze multiple cognate substrates of a single Erf2 palmitoyltransferase, we demonstrate that control of Erf2 activity levels underlies the differential modification of key substrates such as the Rho3 GTPase in vegetative and meiotic cells. We show further that modulation of Erf2 activity levels drives changes in the palmitoylome as cells enter meiosis and affects meiotic entry. Disruption of Erf2 function delays meiotic entry, while increasing Erf2 palmitoyltransferase activity triggers aberrant meiosis in sensitized cells. Erf2-induced meiosis requires the function of the Rho3 GTPase, which is regulated by its palmitoylation state. We propose that control of palmitoyltransferase activity levels provides a fundamental mechanism for modulating palmitoylomes and cellular functions.
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- Mingzi M. Zhang
- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Microbial Pathogenesis, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Yeast Genetics and Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Yeast Genetics and Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Yeast Genetics and Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Microbial Pathogenesis, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
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McDowell GS, Philpott A. Non-canonical ubiquitylation: mechanisms and consequences. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2013; 45:1833-42. [PMID: 23732108 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2013.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2013] [Revised: 05/10/2013] [Accepted: 05/22/2013] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Post-translational protein modifications initiate, regulate, propagate and terminate a wide variety of processes in cells, and in particular, ubiquitylation targets substrate proteins for degradation, subcellular translocation, cell signaling and multiple other cellular events. Modification of substrate proteins is widely observed to occur via covalent linkages of ubiquitin to the amine groups of lysine side-chains. However, in recent years several new modes of ubiquitin chain attachment have emerged. For instance, covalent modification of non-lysine sites in substrate proteins is theoretically possible according to basic chemical principles underlying the ubiquitylation process, and evidence is building that sites such as the N-terminal amine group of a protein, the hydroxyl group of serine and threonine residues and even the thiol groups of cysteine residues are all employed as sites of ubiquitylation. However, the potential importance of this "non-canonical ubiquitylation" of substrate proteins on sites other than lysine residues has been largely overlooked. This review aims to highlight the unusual features of the process of non-canonical ubiquitylation and the consequences of these events on the activity and fate of a protein.
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- Gary S McDowell
- Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Hutchison/Medical Research Council (MRC) Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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Oku S, Takahashi N, Fukata Y, Fukata M. In silico screening for palmitoyl substrates reveals a role for DHHC1/3/10 (zDHHC1/3/11)-mediated neurochondrin palmitoylation in its targeting to Rab5-positive endosomes. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:19816-29. [PMID: 23687301 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.431676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Protein palmitoylation, a common post-translational lipid modification, plays an important role in protein trafficking and functions. Recently developed palmitoyl-proteomic methods identified many novel substrates. However, the whole picture of palmitoyl substrates has not been clarified. Here, we performed global in silico screening using the CSS-Palm 2.0 program, free software for prediction of palmitoylation sites, and selected 17 candidates as novel palmitoyl substrates. Of the 17 candidates, 10 proteins, including 6 synaptic proteins (Syd-1, transmembrane AMPA receptor regulatory protein (TARP) γ-2, TARP γ-8, cornichon-2, Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIα, and neurochondrin (Ncdn)/norbin), one focal adhesion protein (zyxin), two ion channels (TRPM8 and TRPC1), and one G-protein-coupled receptor (orexin 2 receptor), were palmitoylated. Using the DHHC palmitoylating enzyme library, we found that all tested substrates were palmitoylated by the Golgi-localized DHHC3/7 subfamily. Ncdn, a regulator for neurite outgrowth and synaptic plasticity, was robustly palmitoylated by the DHHC1/10 (zDHHC1/11; z1/11) subfamily, whose substrate has not yet been reported. As predicted by CSS-Palm 2.0, Cys-3 and Cys-4 are the palmitoylation sites for Ncdn. Ncdn was specifically localized in somato-dendritic regions, not in the axon of rat cultured neurons. Stimulated emission depletion microscopy revealed that Ncdn was localized to Rab5-positive early endosomes in a palmitoylation-dependent manner, where DHHC1/10 (z1/11) were also distributed. Knockdown of DHHC1, -3, or -10 (z11) resulted in the loss of Ncdn from Rab5-positive endosomes. Thus, through in silico screening, we demonstrate that Ncdn and the DHHC1/10 (z1/11) and DHHC3/7 subfamilies are novel palmitoyl substrate-enzyme pairs and that Ncdn palmitoylation plays an essential role in its specific endosomal targeting.
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- Shinichiro Oku
- Division of Membrane Physiology, Department of Cell Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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Zhou Y, Zhao M, Fields GB, Wu CF, Branton WD. δ/ω-Plectoxin-Pt1a: an excitatory spider toxin with actions on both Ca(2+) and Na(+) channels. PLoS One 2013; 8:e64324. [PMID: 23691198 PMCID: PMC3653879 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2013] [Accepted: 04/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The venom of spider Plectreurys tristis contains a variety of peptide toxins that selectively target neuronal ion channels. O-palmitoylation of a threonine or serine residue, along with a characteristic and highly constrained disulfide bond structure, are hallmarks of a family of toxins found in this venom. Here, we report the isolation and characterization of a new toxin, δ/ω-plectoxin-Pt1a, from this spider venom. It is a 40 amino acid peptide containing an O-palmitoylated Ser-39. Analysis of δ/ω-plectoxin-Pt1a cDNA reveals a small precursor containing a secretion signal sequence, a 14 amino acid N-terminal propeptide, and a C-terminal amidation signal. The biological activity of δ/ω-plectoxin-Pt1a is also unique. It preferentially blocks a subset of Ca2+ channels that is apparently not required for neurotransmitter release; decreases threshold for Na+ channel activation; and slows Na+ channel inactivation. As δ/ω-plectoxin-Pt1a enhances synaptic transmission by prolonging presynaptic release of neurotransmitter, its effects on Na+ and Ca2+ channels may act synergistically to sustain the terminal excitability.
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- Yi Zhou
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- * E-mail: (YZ); (WDB)
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- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Port Saint Lucie, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- * E-mail: (YZ); (WDB)
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Blaskovic S, Blanc M, van der Goot FG. What does S-palmitoylation do to membrane proteins? FEBS J 2013; 280:2766-74. [PMID: 23551889 DOI: 10.1111/febs.12263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2013] [Revised: 03/20/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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S-palmitoylation is post-translational modification, which consists in the addition of a C16 acyl chain to cytosolic cysteines and which is unique amongst lipid modifications in that it is reversible. It can thus, like phosphorylation or ubiquitination, act as a switch. While palmitoylation of soluble proteins allows them to interact with membranes, the consequences of palmitoylation for transmembrane proteins are more enigmatic. We briefly review the current knowledge regarding the enzymes responsible for palmitate addition and removal. We then describe various observed consequences of membrane protein palmitoylation. We propose that the direct effects of palmitoylation on transmembrane proteins, however, might be limited to four non-mutually exclusive mechanistic consequences: alterations in the conformation of transmembrane domains, association with specific membrane domains, controlled interactions with other proteins and controlled interplay with other post-translational modifications.
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- Sanja Blaskovic
- Global Health Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
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Zhou LZ, Li S, Feng QN, Zhang YL, Zhao X, Zeng YL, Wang H, Jiang L, Zhang Y. Protein S-ACYL Transferase10 is critical for development and salt tolerance in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2013; 25:1093-107. [PMID: 23482856 PMCID: PMC3634679 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.108829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2012] [Revised: 02/11/2013] [Accepted: 02/17/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Protein S-acylation, commonly known as palmitoylation, is a reversible posttranslational modification that catalyzes the addition of a saturated lipid group, often palmitate, to the sulfhydryl group of a Cys. Palmitoylation regulates enzyme activity, protein stability, subcellular localization, and intracellular sorting. Many plant proteins are palmitoylated. However, little is known about protein S-acyl transferases (PATs), which catalyze palmitoylation. Here, we report that the tonoplast-localized PAT10 is critical for development and salt tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. PAT10 loss of function resulted in pleiotropic growth defects, including smaller leaves, dwarfism, and sterility. In addition, pat10 mutants are hypersensitive to salt stresses. We further show that PAT10 regulates the tonoplast localization of several calcineurin B-like proteins (CBLs), including CBL2, CBL3, and CBL6, whose membrane association also depends on palmitoylation. Introducing a C192S mutation within the highly conserved catalytic motif of PAT10 failed to complement pat10 mutants, indicating that PAT10 functions through protein palmitoylation. We propose that PAT10-mediated palmitoylation is critical for vacuolar function by regulating membrane association or the activities of tonoplast proteins.
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- Liang-Zi Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Centre for Cell and Developmental Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Centre for Cell and Developmental Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Centre for Cell and Developmental Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, China
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Hemsley PA, Weimar T, Lilley KS, Dupree P, Grierson CS. A proteomic approach identifies many novel palmitoylated proteins in Arabidopsis. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2013; 197:805-814. [PMID: 23252521 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2012] [Accepted: 10/31/2012] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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S-acylation (palmitoylation) is a poorly understood post-translational modification of proteins involving the addition of acyl lipids to cysteine residues. S-acylation promotes the association of proteins with membranes and influences protein stability, microdomain partitioning, membrane targeting and activation state. No consensus motif for S-acylation exists and it therefore requires empirical identification. Here, we describe a biotin switch isobaric tagging for relative and absolute quantification (iTRAQ)-based method to identify S-acylated proteins from Arabidopsis. We use these data to predict and confirm S-acylation of proteins not in our dataset. We identified c. 600 putative S-acylated proteins affecting diverse cellular processes. These included proteins involved in pathogen perception and response, mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases (LRR-RLKs) and RLK superfamily members, integral membrane transporters, ATPases, soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor-activating protein receptors (SNAREs) and heterotrimeric G-proteins. The prediction of S-acylation of related proteins was demonstrated by the identification and confirmation of S-acylation sites within the SNARE and LRR-RLK families. We showed that S-acylation of the LRR-RLK FLS2 is required for a full response to elicitation by the flagellin derived peptide flg22, but is not required for localization to the plasma membrane. Arabidopsis contains many more S-acylated proteins than previously thought. These data can be used to identify S-acylation sites in related proteins. We also demonstrated that S-acylation is required for full LRR-RLK function.
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- Piers A Hemsley
- School of Biological Science, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UG, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QW, UK
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- Cambridge Centre for Proteomics, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QR, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QW, UK
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- School of Biological Science, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UG, UK
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Chamberlain LH, Lemonidis K, Sanchez-Perez M, Werno MW, Gorleku OA, Greaves J. Palmitoylation and the trafficking of peripheral membrane proteins. Biochem Soc Trans 2013; 41:62-6. [PMID: 23356259 DOI: 10.1042/bst20120243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Palmitoylation, the attachment of palmitate and other fatty acids on to cysteine residues, is a common post-translational modification of both integral and peripheral membrane proteins. Dynamic palmitoylation controls the intracellular distribution of peripheral membrane proteins by regulating membrane-cytosol exchange and/or by modifying the flux of the proteins through vesicular transport systems.
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- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK.
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The study of post-translational modifications such as protein lipidation is a non-trivial challenge of the post-genomic era. In recent years the field of chemical proteomics has greatly advanced our ability to identify and quantify protein lipidation. In the present review, we give a brief overview of the tools available to study protein acylation, prenylation and cholesterylation, and their application in the identification and quantification of protein lipidation in health and disease.
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Identification of a novel prenyl and palmitoyl modification at the CaaX motif of Cdc42 that regulates RhoGDI binding. Mol Cell Biol 2013; 33:1417-29. [PMID: 23358418 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01398-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Membrane localization of Rho GTPases is essential for their biological functions and is dictated in part by a series of posttranslational modifications at a carboxyl-terminal CaaX motif: prenylation at cysteine, proteolysis of the aaX tripeptide, and carboxymethylation. The fidelity and variability of these CaaX processing steps are uncertain. The brain-specific splice variant of Cdc42 (bCdc42) terminates in a CCIF sequence. Here we show that brain Cdc42 undergoes two different types of posttranslational modification: classical CaaX processing or novel tandem prenylation and palmitoylation at the CCaX cysteines. In the dual lipidation pathway, bCdc42 was prenylated, but it bypassed proteolysis and carboxymethylation to undergo modification with palmitate at the second cysteine. The alternative postprenylation processing fates were conserved in the GTPases RalA and RalB and the phosphatase PRL-3, proteins terminating in a CCaX motif. The differentially modified forms of bCdc42 displayed functional differences. Prenylated and palmitoylated brain Cdc42 did not interact with RhoGDIα and was enriched in the plasma membrane relative to the classically processed form. The alternative processing of prenylated CCaX motif proteins by palmitoylation or by endoproteolysis and methylation expands the diversity of signaling GTPases and enables another level of regulation through reversible modification with palmitate.
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