乙类精氨酸是保留的线粒体类素依赖的代谢产物
Bingsen Zhang1,2, James Mullmann3,4, Andreas H Ludewig1
1Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Nature chemical biology
|January 3, 2024
概括
线粒体的sirtuins删除了乙基,产生N-乙精氨酸. 这些代谢物,如N-glutarylspermidines,影响寿命和细胞增殖,揭示了关于sirtuin生物化学和功能的新见解.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 代谢学 代谢学 代谢学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 锡尔图因是依赖NAD+的酶,调节新陈代谢和压力.
- 特定的基被Sirtuins和它们的代谢命运所去除并未完全理解.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究线粒体Sirtuin的生物化学和确定下游代谢产物.
- 描述线粒体sirtuins的酶活性及其在细胞过程中的作用.
主要方法:
- 在Caenorhabditis elegans的非向比较代谢学.
- 在C. elegans,小鼠和人类细胞系中进行了有针对性的代谢分析.
- 酶分析以确认Sirtuin的活性.
主要成果:
- 已确定N-glutarylspermidines是C. elegans的下游代谢物SIR-2.3.3.
- SIR-2.3 作为氨酸脱谷氨酸酶起作用,从O-氨酸-ADP-ribose中产生N-glutarylspermidines.
- 跨物种发现的多种N-酸精氨酸;与哺乳动物SIRT5相关的N-succinylspermidines/N-glutarylspermidines.
- N-glutarylspermidines对C. elegans的寿命和哺乳动物细胞增殖有负面影响.
结论:
- N-乙精氨酸是线粒体sirtuins的下游保存的代谢物.
- 这些发现有助于在体内注释sirtuin酶活性.
- N-乙精氨酸可能有助于氨酸依赖的表型,影响寿命和繁殖.
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