Annotated protein:Palmitoyltransferase ZDHHC2 (EC 2.3.1.225) (Acyltransferase ZDHHC2) (EC 2.3.1.-) (Zinc finger DHHC domain-containing protein 2) (DHHC-2). Gene symbol: ZDHHC2. Taxonomy: Rattus norvegicus (Rat). Uniprot ID: Q9JKR5
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ ZDHHC2
Ontology domain:Cellular Component
SynGO term:postsynaptic density (GO:0014069)
Synapse type(s):hippocampus, glutamatergic
Annotated paper:Noritake J, et al. "Mobile DHHC palmitoylating enzyme mediates activity-sensitive synaptic targeting of PSD-95" J Cell Biol. 2009 Jul 13;186(1):147-60 PMID:19596852
Figure(s):Figure 3, 6, 7
Annotation description:Figure 3: DHHC2 (ZDHHC2) antibody was validated by siRNA DHHC2-knockdown and westernblots. DHHC2 and PSD95 (DLG4) were enriched in PSD biochemical fractions. Confocal imaging showed DHHC2 localized to dendritic puncta and the cell body.

Figure 6: TIRFM imaging revealed that more DHHC2 was recruited near the membrane upon Kyn or TTX treatment (Fig. 6, B and C; and Video 4), where PSD-95 localized (Fig. S4 A). This translocation was activity sensitive as it was reversible upon washing out of Kyn (Fig. 6 D). Furthermore, we found that Kyn or TTX steadily induced colocalization of endogenous DHHC2 with PSD-95 over 48 h (Fig. 6, E and F).

Figure 7: Activity-sensitive PSD-95 palmitoylation by DHHC2 is necessary for homeostatic increase of AMPARs.
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Cultured neurons
Intact tissue
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Antibody (detection)
Antagonist / agonist
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Confocal
Biochemical fractionation (generic)
Western blot
Annotator(s):Frank Koopmans (ORCID:0000-0002-4973-5732)
Guus Smit (ORCID:0000-0002-2286-1587)
Matthijs Verhage (ORCID:0000-0002-2514-0216)
Lab:Department of Functional Genomics, Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SynGO annotation ID:5105
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology