Altered protein palmitoylation as disease mechanism in neurodegenerative disorders

J Wlodarczyk, R Bhattacharyya, K Dore… - Journal of …, 2024 - jneurosci.org
Palmitoylation, a lipid-based posttranslational protein modification, plays a crucial role in
regulating various aspects of neuronal function through altering protein membrane …

Lost in traffic: consequences of altered palmitoylation in neurodegeneration

F Ramzan, F Abrar, GG Mishra, LMQ Liao… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
One of the first molecular events in neurodegenerative diseases, regardless of etiology, is
protein mislocalization. Protein mislocalization in neurons is often linked to proteostasis …

S-palmitoylation of synaptic proteins in neuronal plasticity in normal and pathological brains

A Buszka, A Pytyś, D Colvin, J Włodarczyk, T Wójtowicz - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Protein lipidation is a common post-translational modification of proteins that plays an
important role in human physiology and pathology. One form of protein lipidation, S …

From methodological limitations to the function of metallothioneins-a guide to approaches for determining weak, moderate, and tight affinity zinc sites

A Pomorski, A Drozd, A Kocyła, A Krężel - Metallomics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Mammalian metallothioneins (MTs) are small cysteine-rich proteins whose primary role is
participation in zinc and copper homeostasis. Ever since their discovery, MTs have been …

Ankyrin-B is lipid-modified by S-palmitoylation to promote dendritic membrane scaffolding of voltage-gated sodium channel NaV1.2 in neurons

JP Gupta, PM Jenkins - Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Neuronal ankyrin-B is an intracellular scaffolding protein that plays multiple roles in the
axon. By contrast, relatively little is known about the function of ankyrin-B in dendrites, where …

RFCM-PALM: In-Silico Prediction of S-Palmitoylation Sites in the Synaptic Proteins for Male/Female Mouse Data

SS Bandyopadhyay, AK Halder… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
S-palmitoylation is a reversible covalent post-translational modification of cysteine thiol side
chain by palmitic acid. S-palmitoylation plays a critical role in a variety of biological …

Hippocampal GIRK-Dependent Signaling in Cognitive Function and Alzheimer's Disease

SH Luo - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Many neurological disorders derive from, or can be attributed to the disruptions in neuronal
plasticity. The GABAB receptor (GABA BR) mediates slow inhibitory neurotransmission in …