A highly original and sensitive method using clickable bioorthogonal fatty acids and in situ proximity ligation enables the visualization of the palmitoylation of not only Wnt but also its fatty acyltransferase Porcupine in cells.
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Berthiaume, L. Seeing is believing. Nat Chem Biol 10, 5–7 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.1414
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