GO molecular function ontology term - GO:0019706 - protein-cysteine S-palmitoyltransferase activity
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0019706
- Name
- protein-cysteine S-palmitoyltransferase activity
- Ontology or CV name
- GO molecular function
- Definition
- Catalysis of the transfer of a palmitoyl (systematic name, hexadecanoyl) group to a sulfur atom on the cysteine of a protein molecule, in the reaction hexadecanoyl-CoA + L-cysteinyl-[protein] = CoA + S-hexadecanoyl-L-cysteinyl-[protein].
