The crystal structure of palmitoyl protein thioesterase-2 reveals the basis for divergent substrate specificities of the two lysosomal thioesterases (PPT1 and PPT2)
Palmitoyl protein thioesterase 2 (PPT2) is a lysosomal enzyme with thioesterase activity. It will remove palmitate from palmitoyl CoA but is unable to remove palmitate groups from several S-palmitoylated proteins; in this respect it differs from the closely related enzyme PPT1.
Defined by 5 residues: LEU:A-45SER:A-111GLN:A-112ASP:A-228HIS:A-283