Component
Palmitoyl-ZDHHC6 intermediate
The acyl-enzyme intermediate whose stabilization is attributed to SELENOK in the supplied source.
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What it does
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Where it participates (unsigned role)
SELENOK supports ZDHHC6 by stabilizing the palmitoyl-ZDHHC6 acyl-enzyme intermediate.
Experimental context and source evidence
- cell_type
- · T cell
- evidence_scope
- Source-derived draft; primary-source verification required
- organism
- · Human
Selenium in immune cells · lines 11–20
Selenium immune-cell mechanism draft · supports · Source draft; model details require primary-source verification · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
# I. THE CLEANEST CHAIN — SELENOK → Ca²⁺ → NFAT → IL-2 This is the one to memorize. It's a direct, non-redox, molecule-by-molecule path from a selenium atom to a cytokine. ``` 1. Se → Sec-tRNA → SELENOK (ER membrane, single C-terminal Sec, tail in cytosol) 2. SELENOK binds ZDHHC6 (ER palmitoyl-S-acyltransferase, DHHC motif) → SELENOK is required as a COFACTOR to stabilize the palmitoyl-ZDHHC6 acyl-enzyme intermediate
Selenium: the molecular cascade · lines 135–143
Selenium molecular cascade draft · supports · Source draft; model details require primary-source verification · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
**SELENOO** — the strangest protein in the set. Its bacterial ortholog **SelO** looks exactly like a protein kinase but binds ATP **flipped backwards** in the pocket, so it transfers **AMP instead of phosphate**. It's an **AMPylase**, activated by oxidative stress, AMPylating GAPDH and other redox enzymes. A pseudokinase that runs in reverse. Human SELENOO is mitochondrial and largely uncharacterized. **MSRB1 (SELENOR)** — redox control of the cytoskeleton. **MICAL1/2** oxidizes actin **Met44 and Met47** to the R-sulfoxide → actin depolymerizes. MSRB1 reduces it back → repolymerization. In macrophages this gates phagocytic cup formation. **Selenium is a direct rheostat on actin dynamics.** Almost nobody knows this. **SELENOK** — not a peroxidase. It's the essential cofactor for **ZDHHC6**, the palmitoyl transferase. No SELENOK → failed palmitoylation of IP3R, calnexin, and others → broken Ca²⁺ flux in T cells. **Selenium regulating lipid post-translational modification.** **SELENOI (EPT1)** — the only selenoprotein with **zero redox function**. It's an ethanolamine phosphotransferase making phosphatidylethanolamine. Mutations → hereditary spastic paraplegia **SPG81**. (And PE is exactly the lipid GPX4 protects. There's a loop there worth pulling on.) **SELENON** — ER membrane, regulates **RyR1** redox state and SERCA2b. Mutations → SEPN1-related myopathy / rigid spine syndrome.
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