PMID- 10636909 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000224 LR - 20210209 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 275 IP - 3 DP - 2000 Jan 21 TI - Palmitoylation targets CD39/endothelial ATP diphosphohydrolase to caveolae. PG - 2057-62 AB - Ectonucleotidases influence purinergic receptor function by the hydrolysis of extracellular nucleotides. CD39 is an integral membrane protein that is a prototype member of the nucleoside 5'-triphosphate diphosphohydrolase family. The native CD39 protein has two intracytoplasmic and two transmembrane domains. There is a large extracellular domain that undergoes extensive glycosylation and can be post-translationally modified by limited proteolysis. We have identified a potential thioester linkage site for S-acylation within the N-terminal region of CD39 and demonstrate that this region undergoes palmitoylation in a constitutive manner. The covalent lipid modification of this region of the protein appears to be important both in plasma membrane association and in targeting CD39 to caveolae. These specialized plasmalemmal domains are enriched in G protein-coupled receptors and appear to integrate cellular activation events. We suggest that palmitoylation could modulate the function of CD39 in regulating cellular signal transduction pathways. FAU - Koziak, K AU - Koziak K AD - Department of Medicine, Center for Immunobiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. FAU - Kaczmarek, E AU - Kaczmarek E FAU - Kittel, A AU - Kittel A FAU - Sevigny, J AU - Sevigny J FAU - Blusztajn, J K AU - Blusztajn JK FAU - Schulte Am Esch, J 2nd AU - Schulte Am Esch J 2nd FAU - Imai, M AU - Imai M FAU - Guckelberger, O AU - Guckelberger O FAU - Goepfert, C AU - Goepfert C FAU - Qawi, I AU - Qawi I FAU - Robson, S C AU - Robson SC LA - eng GR - P01 AG09525/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL57307/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 2V16EO95H1 (Palmitic Acid) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (Adenosine Triphosphatases) RN - EC 3.6.1.5 (Apyrase) RN - EC 3.6.1.5 (CD39 antigen) SB - IM MH - *Adenosine Triphosphatases MH - Animals MH - Antigens, CD/*metabolism MH - Apyrase/*metabolism MH - Blotting, Western MH - COS Cells MH - Cell Membrane/metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chromatography, Thin Layer MH - Cytoplasm/metabolism MH - Endothelium, Vascular/*enzymology/ultrastructure MH - Humans MH - Microscopy, Electron MH - Mutagenesis MH - Palmitic Acid/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Transfection EDAT- 2000/01/15 09:00 MHDA- 2000/02/26 09:00 CRDT- 2000/01/15 09:00 PHST- 2000/01/15 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/02/26 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2000/01/15 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1074/jbc.275.3.2057 [doi] AID - S0021-9258(18)31142-6 [pii] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2000 Jan 21;275(3):2057-62. doi: 10.1074/jbc.275.3.2057.