Publication: Distance-dependent cellular palmitoylation of de-novo-designed sequences and their translocation to plasma membrane subdomains.
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2002-08-01
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The Company of Biologists
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Using recursive PCR, we created an artificial protein sequence that consists of a consensus myristoylation motif (MGCTLS) followed by the triplet AGS repeated nine times and fused to the GFP reporter. This linker-GFP sequence was utilized as a base to produce multiple mutants that were used to transfect COS-7 cells. Constructs where a 'palmitoylable' cysteine residue was progressively moved apart from the myristoylation site to positions 3, 9, 15 and 21 of the protein sequence were made, and these mutants were used to investigate the effect of protein myristoylation on subsequent palmitoylation, subcellular localization, membrane association and caveolin-1 colocalization. In all cases, dual acylation of the GFP chimeras correlated with translocation to Triton X-100-insoluble cholesterol/sphingomyelin-enriched subdomains. Whereas a strong Golgi labeling was observed in all the myristoylated chimeras, association with the plasma membrane was only observed in the dually acylated constructs. Taking into account the conflicting data regarding the existence and specificity of cellular palmitoyl-transferases, our results provide evidence that de-novo-designed sequences can be efficiently S-acylated with palmitic acid in vivo, strongly supporting the hypothesis that non-enzymatic protein palmitoylation can occur within mammalian cells. Additionally, this palmitoylation results in the translocation of the recombinant construct to low-fluidity domains in a myristate-palmitate distance-dependent manner.
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Recombinant Fusion Proteins Amino Acid Sequence Animals COS Cells Caveolin 1 Caveolins Cell Compartmentation Cell Membrane Cholesterol Cytoplasm Eukaryotic Cells Golgi Apparatus Green Fluorescent Proteins Luminescent Proteins Membrane Microdomains Microscopy, Confocal Myristic Acid Octoxynol Palmitates Palmitic Acid Protein Transport Proteins Solubility Sphingomyelins
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J Cell Sci. 2002; 115(Pt 15):3119-30