Lipid-anchored protein

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Lipid membrane with various proteins

Lipid-anchored proteins (also known as lipid-linked proteins) are

of what?] that are covalently attached to lipids embedded within the cell membrane. These proteins insert and assume a place in the bilayer structure of the membrane alongside the similar fatty acid tails. The lipid-anchored protein can be located on either side of the cell membrane. Thus, the lipid serves to anchor the protein to the cell membrane.[1][2] They are a type of proteolipids
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The lipid groups play a role in protein interaction and can contribute to the function of the protein to which it is attached.[2] Furthermore, the lipid serves as a mediator of membrane associations or as a determinant for specific protein-protein interactions.[3] For example, lipid groups can play an important role in increasing molecular hydrophobicity. This allows for the interaction of proteins with cellular membranes and protein domains.[4] In a dynamic role[clarification needed], lipidation can sequester a protein away from its substrate to inactivate the protein and then activate it by substrate presentation.

Overall, there are three main types of lipid-anchored proteins which include prenylated proteins, fatty acylated proteins and glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked proteins (GPI).[2][5] A protein can have multiple lipid groups covalently attached to it, but[clarification needed] the site where the lipids bind to the protein depends both on the lipid group and protein.[2]

Prenylated proteins

Isoprene unit

farnesyl (15-carbon) and geranylgeranyl (20-carbon) are attached to the protein via thioether linkages at cysteine residues near the C terminal of the protein.[3][4] This prenylation of lipid chains to proteins facilitate their interaction with the cell membrane.[1]

Caax Box

The prenylation motif “CaaX box” is the most common prenylation site in proteins, that is, the site where farnesyl or geranylgeranyl covalently attach.[2][3] In the CaaX box sequence, the C represents the cysteine that is prenylated, the A represents any aliphatic amino acid and the X determines the type of prenylation that will occur. If the X is an Ala, Met, Ser or Gln the protein will be farnesylated via the farnesyltransferase enzyme and if the X is a Leu then the protein will be geranylgeranylated via the geranylgeranyltransferase I enzyme.[3][4] Both of these enzymes are similar with each containing two subunits.[7]

Roles and function

Prenylation chains (e.g. geranyl pyrophosphate)

Prenylated proteins are particularly important for eukaryotic cell growth, differentiation and morphology.

Ras is the protein that undergoes prenylation via farnesyltransferase and when it is switched on it can turn on genes involved in cell growth and differentiation. Thus overactiving Ras signalling can lead to cancer.[9] An understanding of these prenylated proteins and their mechanisms have been important for the drug development efforts in combating cancer.[10] Other prenylated proteins include members of the Rab and Rho families as well as lamins.[7]

Some important prenylation chains that are involved in the HMG-CoA reductase metabolic pathway[1] are geranylgeraniol, farnesol and dolichol. These isoprene polymers (e.g. geranyl pyrophosphate and farnesyl pyrophosphate) are involved in the condensations via enzymes such as prenyltransferase that eventually cyclizes to form cholesterol.[2]

Fatty acylated proteins

Fatty acylated proteins are proteins that have been post-translationally modified to include the covalent attachment of fatty acids at certain amino acid residues.[11][12] The most common fatty acids that are covalently attached to the protein are the saturated myristic (14-carbon) acid and palmitic acid (16-carbon). Proteins can be modified to contain either one or both of these fatty acids.[11]

Myristoylation

N-myristoylation

N-myristoylation (i.e. attachment of myristic acid) is generally an irreversible protein modification that typically occurs during protein synthesis

signal transduction cascade, protein-protein interactions and in mechanisms that regulate protein targeting and function.[13] An example in which the myristoylation of a protein is important is in apoptosis, programmed cell death. After the protein BH3 interacting-domain death agonist (Bid) has been myristoylated, it targets the protein to move to the mitochondrial membrane to release cytochrome c, which then ultimately leads to cell death.[14] Other proteins that are myristoylated and involved in the regulation of apoptosis are actin and gelsolin
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S-palmitoylation

Palmitoylation

S-palmitoylation (i.e. attachment of palmitic acid) is a reversible protein modification in which a palmitic acid is attached to a specific cysteine residue via

postsynaptic membrane. Thus, palmitoylation can play a role in the regulation of neurotransmitter release.[16]

Palmitoylation mediates the affinity of a protein for

lipid rafts and facilitates the clustering of proteins.[17] The clustering can increase the proximity of two molecules. Alternatively, clustering can sequester a protein away from a substrate. For example, palmitoylation of phospholipase D (PLD) sequesters the enzyme away from its substrate phosphatidylcholine. When cholesterol levels decrease or PIP2 levels increase the palmitate mediated localization is disrupted, the enzyme trafficks to PIP2 where it encounters its substrate and is active by substrate presentation.[18][19][20]

GPI proteins

Structure of the glycophosphatidylinositol anchor in the plasma membrane of a eukaryotic cell

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins (GPI-anchored proteins) are attached to a GPI complex molecular group via an

phosphoethanolamine. The phosphoethanolamine is then amide linked to the C-terminal of the carboxyl group of the respective protein.[2] The GPI attachment occurs through the action of GPI-transamidase complex.[22] The fatty acid chains of the phosphatidylinositol are inserted into the membrane and thus are what anchor the protein to the membrane.[23] These proteins are only located on the exterior surface of the plasma membrane.[2]

Roles and function

The sugar residues in the tetrasaccaride and the fatty acid residues in the

homodimerization or in apical sorting in polarized cells.[21]

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