Proteins of diverse function and subcellular location are lysine acetylated in Arabidopsis.

Acetylation of the ε-amino group of lysine (Lys) is a reversible posttranslational modification recently discovered to be widespread, occurring on proteins outside the nucleus, in most subcellular locations in mammalian cells. Almost nothing is known about this modification in plants beyond the well...

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Main Authors: Finkemeier, I, Laxa, M, Miguet, L, Howden, A, Sweetlove, L
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011
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author Finkemeier, I
Laxa, M
Miguet, L
Howden, A
Sweetlove, L
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Howden, A
Sweetlove, L
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description Acetylation of the ε-amino group of lysine (Lys) is a reversible posttranslational modification recently discovered to be widespread, occurring on proteins outside the nucleus, in most subcellular locations in mammalian cells. Almost nothing is known about this modification in plants beyond the well-studied acetylation of histone proteins in the nucleus. Here, we report that Lys acetylation in plants also occurs on organellar and cytosolic proteins. We identified 91 Lys-acetylated sites on 74 proteins of diverse functional classes. Furthermore, our study suggests that Lys acetylation may be an important posttranslational modification in the chloroplast, since four Calvin cycle enzymes were acetylated. The plastid-encoded large subunit of Rubisco stands out because of the large number of acetylated sites occurring at important Lys residues that are involved in Rubisco tertiary structure formation and catalytic function. Using the human recombinant deacetylase sirtuin 3, it was demonstrated that Lys deacetylation significantly affects Rubisco activity as well as the activities of other central metabolic enzymes, such as the Calvin cycle enzyme phosphoglycerate kinase, the glycolytic enzyme glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, and the tricarboxylic acid cycle enzyme malate dehydrogenase. Our results demonstrate that Lys acetylation also occurs on proteins outside the nucleus in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and that Lys acetylation could be important in the regulation of key metabolic enzymes.
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spelling oxford-uuid:ff2096a9-ec75-489e-9564-462c745022802022-03-27T13:42:23ZProteins of diverse function and subcellular location are lysine acetylated in Arabidopsis.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ff2096a9-ec75-489e-9564-462c74502280EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2011Finkemeier, ILaxa, MMiguet, LHowden, ASweetlove, LAcetylation of the ε-amino group of lysine (Lys) is a reversible posttranslational modification recently discovered to be widespread, occurring on proteins outside the nucleus, in most subcellular locations in mammalian cells. Almost nothing is known about this modification in plants beyond the well-studied acetylation of histone proteins in the nucleus. Here, we report that Lys acetylation in plants also occurs on organellar and cytosolic proteins. We identified 91 Lys-acetylated sites on 74 proteins of diverse functional classes. Furthermore, our study suggests that Lys acetylation may be an important posttranslational modification in the chloroplast, since four Calvin cycle enzymes were acetylated. The plastid-encoded large subunit of Rubisco stands out because of the large number of acetylated sites occurring at important Lys residues that are involved in Rubisco tertiary structure formation and catalytic function. Using the human recombinant deacetylase sirtuin 3, it was demonstrated that Lys deacetylation significantly affects Rubisco activity as well as the activities of other central metabolic enzymes, such as the Calvin cycle enzyme phosphoglycerate kinase, the glycolytic enzyme glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, and the tricarboxylic acid cycle enzyme malate dehydrogenase. Our results demonstrate that Lys acetylation also occurs on proteins outside the nucleus in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and that Lys acetylation could be important in the regulation of key metabolic enzymes.
spellingShingle Finkemeier, I
Laxa, M
Miguet, L
Howden, A
Sweetlove, L
Proteins of diverse function and subcellular location are lysine acetylated in Arabidopsis.
title Proteins of diverse function and subcellular location are lysine acetylated in Arabidopsis.
title_full Proteins of diverse function and subcellular location are lysine acetylated in Arabidopsis.
title_fullStr Proteins of diverse function and subcellular location are lysine acetylated in Arabidopsis.
title_full_unstemmed Proteins of diverse function and subcellular location are lysine acetylated in Arabidopsis.
title_short Proteins of diverse function and subcellular location are lysine acetylated in Arabidopsis.
title_sort proteins of diverse function and subcellular location are lysine acetylated in arabidopsis
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