Morrison et al. find that in T-cells, the palmitoyl acetyltransferase DHHC18 palmitoylates the v-SNARE VAMP7 at Cys183 and show that a mutant that cannot be palmitoylated fails to localise to Golgi and traffic to the immune synapse after T-cell receptor activation. This study highlights the importance of palmitoylation in T-cell signalling.
- Eliot Morrison
- Tatjana Wegner
- Christian Freund