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DHHC9 and GCP16 Constitute a Human Protein Fatty Acyltransferase with Specificity for H- and N-Ras

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Swarthout, John T., Lobo, Sandra, Farh, Lynn, Croke, Monica R., Greentree, Wendy K., Deschenes, Robert J., Linder, Maurine E.·2005·Journal of Biological Chemistry

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Covalent lipid modifications mediate the membrane attachment and biological activity of Ras proteins. All Ras isoforms are farnesylated and carboxyl-methylated at the terminal cysteine; H-Ras and N-Ras are further modified by palmitoylation. Yeast Ras is palmitoylated by the DHHC cysteine-rich domain-containing protein Erf2 in a complex with Erf4. Here we report that H- and N-Ras are palmitoylated by a human protein palmitoyltransferase encoded by the ZDHHC9 and GCP16 genes. DHHC9 is an integral membrane protein that contains a DHHC cysteine-rich domain. GCP16 encodes a Golgi-localized membrane protein that has limited sequence similarity to yeast Erf4. DHHC9 and GCP16 co-distribute in the Golgi apparatus, a location consistent with the site of mammalian Ras palmitoylation in vivo. Like yeast Erf2.Erf4, DHHC9 and GCP16 form a protein complex, and DHHC9 requires GCP16 for protein fatty acyltransferase activity and protein stability. Purified DHHC9.GCP16 exhibits substrate specificity, palmitoylating H- and N-Ras but not myristoylated G (alphai1) or GAP-43, proteins with N-terminal palmitoylation motifs. Hence, DHHC9.GCP16 displays the properties of a functional human ortholog of the yeast Ras palmitoyltransferase.

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Authors
Swarthout, J. T., Lobo, S., Farh, L., Croke, M. R., Greentree, W. K., Deschenes, R. J., & Linder, M. E.
Venue
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2005-09
Volume
280
Issue
35
Pages
31141-31148
ISSN
0021-9258 (ISSN-L)
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W2018925580
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354
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2
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6.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Swarthout, J. T., Lobo, S., Farh, L., Croke, M. R., Greentree, W. K., Deschenes, R. J., & Linder, M. E. (2005). DHHC9 and GCP16 Constitute a Human Protein Fatty Acyltransferase with Specificity for H- and N-Ras. Journal of Biological Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m504113200

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