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ArticleJournal of cell science2020

Identification of key features required for efficient S-acylation and plasma membrane targeting of sprouty-2.

Carolina Locatelli, Kimon Lemonidis, Christine Salaun, Nicholas C O Tomkinson, Luke H Chamberlain

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Article in Journal of cell science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Sprouty in Tumors of the Nervous System.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Carolina LocatelliStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6820-2301
Kimon LemonidisInstitute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1332-6002
Christine SalaunStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3002-6810
Nicholas C O TomkinsonWestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G1 1XL, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5509-0133
Luke H ChamberlainStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK Luke.Chamberlain@strath.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-8701-4995
University of Strathclyde · GBUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/L022087/1Medical Research Council MR/R011842/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sprouty-2 is an important regulator of growth factor signalling and a tumour suppressor protein. The defining feature of this protein is a cysteine-rich domain (CRD) that contains twenty-six cysteine residues and is modified by S-acylation. In this study, we show that the CRD of sprouty-2 is differentially modified by S-acyltransferase enzymes. The high specificity/low activity zDHHC17 enzyme mediated restricted S-acylation of sprouty-2, and cysteine-265 and -268 were identified as key targets of this enzyme. In contrast, the low specificity/high activity zDHHC3 and zDHHC7 enzymes mediated more expansive modification of the sprouty-2 CRD. Nevertheless, S-acylation by all enzymes enhanced sprouty-2 expression, suggesting that S-acylation stabilises this protein. In addition, we identified two charged residues (aspartate-214 and lysine-223), present on opposite faces of a predicted α-helix in the CRD, which are essential for S-acylation of sprouty-2. Interestingly, mutations that perturbed S-acylation also led to a loss of plasma membrane localisation of sprouty-2 in PC12 cells. This study provides insight into the mechanisms and outcomes of sprouty-2 S-acylation, and highlights distinct patterns of S-acylation mediated by different classes of zDHHC enzymes.

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AcyltransferasesCysteineAcylationAnimalsCell MembraneNerve Tissue ProteinsRatsAcyltransferasesCysteineNerve Tissue ProteinsSpry2 protein, ratPalmitoylationPost-translational modificationPTMS-acylationSprouty-2ZDHHC enzymes

Identifiers

PMID33037124
PMCPMC7657471
OpenAlexW3091710725

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