Lysosomal acidification defects have been implicated in various neurodegenerative disorders. Baghet al. show that the V0a1 subunit of v-ATPase requires palmitoylation for correct sorting and trafficking to the lysosome membrane, and that such a process is impaired in a mouse model of a devastating neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disease, INCL.
- Maria B. Bagh
- Shiyong Peng
- Anil B. Mukherjee
