Palmitoylation of membrane proteins (Review)

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 55-66

  Charollais, Julie ^a   Van Der Goot, F Gisou ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lipid modifications; Microdomains; Palmitoyltransferase; Trafficking; Transmembrane

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ANTHRAX TOXIN; ASIALOGLYCOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; BETA CATENIN; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CASPASE 9; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CYSTEINE STRING PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GAMMA SECRETASE; HUNTINGTIN INTERACTING PROTEIN; INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; PALMITOYL ACYLTRANSFERASE; PALMITOYL PROTEIN THIOESTERASE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.5; RAS PROTEIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SNARE PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COATED PIT; DEPALMITOYLATION; DROSOPHILA; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LIPID RAFT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PALMITOYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; ROUS SARCOMA ONCOVIRUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UBIQUITINATION; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

HUMANS; LIPOYLATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 61449123986     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: 14645203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687680802620369     Document Type: Review

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