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Discovering Targets of Non-enzymatic Acylation by Thioester Reactivity Profiling
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Discovering Targets of Non-enzymatic Acylation by Thioester Reactivity Profiling

Rhushikesh A. Kulkarni, Andrew J. Worth, Thomas T. Zengeya, Jonathan H. Shrimp, Julie M. Garlick, Allison M. Roberts, David C. Montgomery, Carole Sourbier, Benjamin K. Gibbs, Clementina Mesaros, …
CELL CHEMICAL BIOLOGY, v 24(2), pp 231-242
16 Feb 2017
PMID: 28163016
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chembiol.2017.01.002View
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Abstract

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology
Non-enzymatic protein modification driven by thioester reactivity is thought to play a major role in the establishment of cellular lysine acylation. However, the specific protein targets of this process are largely unknown. Here we report an experimental strategy to investigate non-enzymatic acylation in cells. Specifically, we develop a chemoproteomic method that separates thioester reactivity from enzymatic utilization, allowing selective enrichment of non-enzymatic acylation targets. Applying this method to cancer cell lines identifies numerous candidate targets of nonenzymatic acylation, including several enzymes in lower glycolysis. Functional studies highlight malonyl-CoA as a reactive thioester metabolite that can modify and inhibit glycolytic enzyme activity. Finally, we show that synthetic thioesters can be used as novel reagents to probe non-enzymatic acylation in living cells. Our studies provide new insights into the targets and drivers of non-enzymatic acylation, and demonstrate the utility of reactivity-based methods to experimentally investigate this phenomenon in biology and disease.

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