Molecular View of DHHC Palmitoyltransferases (IMAGE)

NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Molecular View of DHHC Palmitoyltransferases

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Human DHHC20 (yellow) is embedded in the Golgi membrane (green), a compartment located inside cells. DHHC20 attaches a fatty acid chain (white) to a target protein (blue, foreground), which anchors the protein to the Golgi membrane.

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Credit: Jeremy Swan, NICHD/NIH

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