TY - JOUR
T1 - A cytoplasmic acyl-protein thioesterase that removes palmitate from G protein α subunits and p21(RAS)
AU - Duncan, Joseph A.
AU - Gilman, Alfred G.
PY - 1998/6/19
Y1 - 1998/6/19
N2 - Thioacylation is one of a handful of reversible covalent protein modifications, but the enzymes responsible for addition and removal of long chain fatty acids from protein cysteine residues in vivo have not yet been identified. The α subunits of some heterotrimeric G proteins cycle between thioacylated and deacylated states in a receptor-regulated fashion. We have identified, purified, and characterized an enzyme acyl-protein thioesterase that deacylates Gα proteins and at least some other thioacyl protein substrates, including Ha-RAS. The action of this enzyme on thioacylated heterotrimeric G(s) is regulated by activation of the G protein. Although native and recombinant acyl-protein thioesterases act as both acyl-protein thioesterases and lysophospholipases in vitro, we demonstrate by transfection that the enzyme can accelerate the turnover of thioacyl groups on G(s)α in vivo.
AB - Thioacylation is one of a handful of reversible covalent protein modifications, but the enzymes responsible for addition and removal of long chain fatty acids from protein cysteine residues in vivo have not yet been identified. The α subunits of some heterotrimeric G proteins cycle between thioacylated and deacylated states in a receptor-regulated fashion. We have identified, purified, and characterized an enzyme acyl-protein thioesterase that deacylates Gα proteins and at least some other thioacyl protein substrates, including Ha-RAS. The action of this enzyme on thioacylated heterotrimeric G(s) is regulated by activation of the G protein. Although native and recombinant acyl-protein thioesterases act as both acyl-protein thioesterases and lysophospholipases in vitro, we demonstrate by transfection that the enzyme can accelerate the turnover of thioacyl groups on G(s)α in vivo.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.273.25.15830
DO - 10.1074/jbc.273.25.15830
M3 - Article
C2 - 9624183
AN - SCOPUS:0032546946
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 273
SP - 15830
EP - 15837
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 25
ER -