The crystal structure of palmitoyl protein thioesterase 1 and the molecular basis of infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.
Bellizzi III, J.J., Widom, J., Kemp, C., Lu, J.Y., Das, A.K., Hofmann, S.L., Clardy, J.(2000) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 97: 4573-4578
- PubMed: 10781062 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.080508097
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1EH5, 1EI9 - PubMed Abstract: 
Mutations in palmitoyl-protein thioesterase 1 (PPT1), a lysosomal enzyme that removes fatty acyl groups from cysteine residues in modified proteins, cause the fatal inherited neurodegenerative disorder infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. The accumulation of undigested substrates leads to the formation of neuronal storage bodies that are associated with the clinical symptoms ...