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Hoffmann, R. A wiki for the life sciences where authorship matters. Nature Genetics (2008)
 
 
 
 
 

Submicromolar concentrations of palmitoyl-CoA specifically thioesterify cysteine 244 in glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase inhibiting enzyme activity: a novel mechanism potentially underlying fatty acid induced insulin resistance.

The accumulation of fatty acids and their metabolites results in insulin resistance and reduced glucose utilization through a variety of complex mechanisms that remain incompletely understood. Herein, we demonstrate that submicromolar concentrations of palmitoyl-CoA inhibit glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH; EC 1.2.1.12) enzyme activity through the covalent thioesterification of palmitate to GAPDH. First, incubation of GAPDH with palmitoyl-CoA (0.5-5 microM) resulted in the dramatic concentration-dependent inhibition of GAPDH enzyme activity. Second, incubation of GAPDH with [(14)C]palmitoyl-CoA followed by SDS-PAGE and autoradiography identified a covalently radiolabeled adduct present at approximately 35 kDa with a stoichiometry of one molecule of palmitoyl-CoA per GAPDH tetramer. Third, mass spectrometric analyses of intact GAPDH treated with palmitoyl-CoA demonstrated the covalent addition of palmitate to the GAPDH protein. Fourth, trypsinolysis of the modified protein revealed that the peptide (232)VPTPNVSVVDLTRC*R(245) was covalently modified. Fifth, the site of palmitoylation was demonstrated to be Cys-244 by analyses of product ion mass spectra. These assignments were further substantiated using different molecular species of acyl-CoAs resulting in the anticipated changes in both the masses of adduct ions and their fragmentation patterns. Sixth, GAPDH palmitoylation was demonstrated to facilitate the translocation of GAPDH to either lipid vesicles or naturally occurring biologic membranes. Since the hallmark of lipotoxicity is the accumulation of fatty acids and their acyl-CoA metabolites in excess of a cell's ability to appropriately metabolize them, these results identify a novel mechanism potentially contributing to the insulin resistance, reduced glucose utilization, and maladaptive metabolic alterations underlying the lipotoxic state.[1]

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