期刊
MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY
卷 230, 期 -, 页码 16-23出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2019.04.001
关键词
Apicomplexan parasites; Protein palmitoylation; Structural analysis; Nuclear palmitoylated proteins; Chromatin-related processes
资金
- ANPCyT [BID 1728 OC-AR PICT 2014-1917, PICT 2017-2488]
This minireview aims to provide a comprehensive synthesis on protein palmitoylation in apicomplexan parasites and higher eukaryotes where most of the data is available. Apicomplexan parasites encompass numerous obligate intracellular parasites with significant health risk to animals and humans. Protein palmitoylation is a widespread post-translational modification that plays important regulatory roles in several physiological and pathological states. Functional studies demonstrate that many processes important for parasites are regulated by protein palmitoylation. Structural analyses suggest that enzymes responsible for the palmitoylation process have a conserved architecture in eukaryotes although there are particular differences which could be related to their substrate specificities. Interestingly, with the publication of T. gondii and P. falciparum palmitoylomes new possible regulatory functions are unveiled. Here we focus our discussion on data from both palmitoylomes that suggest that palmitoylation of nuclear proteins regulate different chromatin-related processes such as nucleosome assembly and stability, transcription, translation and DNA repair.
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