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Site-specific analysis of protein S-acylation by resin-assisted capture[S]
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Site-specific analysis of protein S-acylation by resin-assisted capture[S]

Michael T Forrester, Douglas T Hess, J. Will Thompson, Rainbo Hultman, M. Arthur Moseley, Jonathan S Stamler and Patrick J Casey
Journal of lipid research, Vol.52(2), pp.393-398
02/2011
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.D011106
PMCID: PMC3023561
PMID: 21044946
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Abstract

Protein S-acylation is a major posttranslational modification whereby a cysteine thiol is converted to a thioester. A prototype is S-palmitoylation (fatty acylation), in which a protein undergoes acylation with a hydrophobic 16 carbon lipid chain. Although this modification is a well-recognized determinant of protein function and localization, current techniques to study cellular S-acylation are cumbersome and/or technically demanding. We recently described a simple and robust methodology to rapidly identify S-nitrosylation sites in proteins via resin-assisted capture (RAC) and provided an initial description of the applicability of the technique to S-acylated proteins (acyl-RAC). Here we expand on the acyl-RAC assay, coupled with mass spectrometry-based proteomics, to characterize both previously reported and novel sites of endogenous S-acylation. Acyl-RAC should therefore find general applicability in studies of both global and individual protein S-acylation in mammalian cells.
Proteomics H-Ras acylation lipid palmitoylation

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