{Reference Type}: Journal Article {Title}: The fat controller: roles of palmitoylation in intracellular protein trafficking and targeting to membrane microdomains (Review). {Author}: Greaves J;Prescott GR;Gorleku OA;Chamberlain LH; {Journal}: Mol Membr Biol {Volume}: 26 {Issue}: 1 {Year}: Jan 2009 暂无{DOI}: 10.1080/09687680802620351 {Abstract}: The attachment of palmitic acid to the amino acid cysteine via thioester linkage (S-palmitoylation) is a common post-translational modification of eukaryotic proteins. In this review, we discuss the role of palmitoylation as a versatile protein sorting signal, regulating protein trafficking between distinct intracellular compartments and the micro-localization of proteins within membranes.