Trafficking of Endothelial Nitric-oxide Synthase in Living Cells QUANTITATIVE EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE ROLE OF PALMITOYLATION AS A KINETIC TRAPPING MECHANISM LIMITING MEMBRANE DIFFUSION*
Sowa G, Liu J, Papapetropoulos A, Rex-Haffner M, Hughes T, Sessa W. Trafficking of Endothelial Nitric-oxide Synthase in Living Cells QUANTITATIVE EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE ROLE OF PALMITOYLATION AS A KINETIC TRAPPING MECHANISM LIMITING MEMBRANE DIFFUSION*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1999, 274: 22524-22531. PMID: 10428829, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.32.22524.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma membraneENOS-GFPFluorescent protein fusion constructsProtein-protein interactionsRole of palmitoylationProtein fusion constructsLipid bilayersRate of traffickingEndothelial cell line ECV304Endothelial nitric oxide synthasePalmitoylation stateCellular domainsFusion constructsPerinuclear regionLiving cellsProtein diffusionFluorescence recoveryRegulation of eNOSMembrane markersPalmitoylationMutantsGolgiTraffickingMembrane diffusionEndothelial cells