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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prog Lipid Res. 2016 May 24;63:120–131. doi: 10.1016/j.plipres.2016.05.002

Table 1.

Biochemistry of protein fatty acylation

Lipid Structure Linkage Modified Residue Fatty acyl Transferase Deacylation?
Octanoate 8:0 graphic file with name nihms793157t1.jpg Oxyester Ser GOAT unknown
Myristate 14:0 graphic file with name nihms793157t2.jpg Amide Gly NMT Removal of Myr-Gly by IpaJ
Myristate 14:0 graphic file with name nihms793157t3.jpg Amide Lys unknown Sirtuins
Palmitate 16:0 graphic file with name nihms793157t4.jpg Thioester Cys DHHCs Thioesterases (APT1,2; ABDH17)
Palmitate 16:0 graphic file with name nihms793157t5.jpg Amide Cys Hhat unknown
Palmitoleic 16:1Δ9 graphic file with name nihms793157t6.jpg Oxyester Ser Porcn Notum
Stearate 18:0 graphic file with name nihms793157t7.jpg Thioester Cys DHHCs? Thioesterases?
Arach-idonate 20:4 graphic file with name nihms793157t8.jpg Thioester Cys DHHCs? Thioesterases?
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