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Protein palmitoylation is a type of reversible post-translational modification in which a 16-carbon fatty-acid palmitate attaches to the cysteine residue of a target protein, and which has been shown to regulate cancer development and the innate immune system
Dunphy & Linder 1998 Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1436: 245-261
Hu et al. 2024b The Journal of Immunology 213: 481-493

Protein palmitoylation has been shown to play a crucial role in immune regulation. For example, palmitoylation of NOD-like receptor 1 (NOD1) and NOD2 by ZDHHC5 is essential for its membrane localization and bacterial recognition
Lu et al. 2019 Science 366: 460-467

Palmitoylation of the [stim…