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Plant Cell Environ ; 46(12): 3704-3720, 2023 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37667571

ABSTRACT

Increase photorespiration and optimising intrinsic water use efficiency are unique challenges to photosynthetic carbon fixation at elevated temperatures. To determine how plants can adapt to facilitate high rates of photorespiration at elevated temperatures while also maintaining water-use efficiency, we performed in-depth gas exchange and biochemical assays of the C3 extremophile, Rhazya stricta. These results demonstrate that R. stricta supports higher rates of photorespiration under elevated temperatures and that these higher rates of photorespiration correlate with increased activity of key photorespiratory enzymes; phosphoglycolate phosphatase and catalase. The increased photorespiratory enzyme activities may increase the overall capacity of photorespiration by reducing enzymatic bottlenecks and allowing minimal inhibitor accumulation under high photorespiratory rates. Additionally, we found the CO2 transfer conductances (stomatal and mesophyll) are re-allocated to increase the water-use efficiency in R. stricta but not necessarily the photosynthetic response to temperature. These results suggest important adaptive strategies in R. stricta that maintain photosynthetic rates under elevated temperatures with optimal water loss. The strategies found in R. stricta may inform breeding and engineering efforts in other C3 species to improve photosynthetic efficiency at high temperatures.


Subject(s)
Apocynaceae , Extremophiles , Temperature , Carbon Dioxide/pharmacology , Photosynthesis/physiology , Water
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Plant Cell Rep ; 41(2): 473-487, 2022 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34981152

ABSTRACT

KEY MESSAGE: TaPGLP1, a chloroplast stromal 2-phosphoglycolate phosphatase of wheat, is an ATG8-interacting protein and undergoes autophagic degradation in starvation-treated wheat mesophyll protoplasts. Selective autophagy in plants has been shown to target diverse cellular cargoes including whole chloroplasts (Chlorophagy) and several chloroplast components (Piecemeal chlorophagy). Most cargoes of selective autophagy are captured by the autophagic machinery through their direct or indirect interactions with the autophagy-essential factor ATG8. Here, we reported a new ATG8-interacting cargo of piecemeal chlorophagy, the wheat photorespiratory 2-phosphoglycolate phosphatase TaPGLP1. The TaPGLP1-mCherry fusions expressed in wheat protoplasts located in the chloroplast stroma. Strikingly, these fusions are translocated into newly formed chloroplast surface protrusions after a long time incubation of protoplasts in a nutrition-free solution. Visualization of co-expressed TaPGLP1-mCherry and the autophagy marker GFP-TaATG8a revealed physical associations of TaPGLP1-mCherry-accumulating chloroplast protrusions with autophagic structures, implying the delivery of TaPGLP1-mCherry fusions from chloroplasts to the autophagic machinery. TaPGLP1-mCherry fusions were also detected in the GFP-TaATG8a-labelled autophagic bodies undergoing degradation in the vacuoles, which suggested the autophagic degradation of TaPGLP1. This autophagic degradation of TaPGLP1 was further demonstrated by the enhanced stability of TaPGLP1-mCherry in protoplasts with impaired autophagy. Expression of TaPGLP1-mCherry in protoplasts stimulated an enhanced autophagy level probably adopted by cells to degrade the over-produced TaPGLP1-mCherry fusions. Results from gene silencing assays showed the requirement of ATG2s and ATG7s in the autophagic degradation of TaPGLP1. Additionally, TaPGLP1 was shown to interact with ATG8 family members. Collectively, our data suggest that autophagy mediates the degradation of the chloroplast stromal protein TaPGLP1 in starvation-treated mesophyll protoplasts.


Subject(s)
Autophagy/physiology , Chloroplasts/metabolism , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/metabolism , Plant Proteins/metabolism , Triticum/metabolism , Autophagy-Related Proteins/genetics , Autophagy-Related Proteins/metabolism , Luminescent Proteins/genetics , Luminescent Proteins/metabolism , Mesophyll Cells/metabolism , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/genetics , Plant Proteins/genetics , Plants, Genetically Modified , Protein Transport , Triticum/cytology , Triticum/genetics , Red Fluorescent Protein
3.
J Biol Chem ; 294(13): 4997-5007, 2019 03 29.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30700551

ABSTRACT

Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) 4-nitrophenylphosphatase has been shown previously to be involved in vitamin B1 metabolism. Here, conducting a BLASTp search, we found that 4-nitrophenylphosphatase from Pf has significant homology with phosphoglycolate phosphatase (PGP) from mouse, human, and yeast, prompting us to reinvestigate the biochemical properties of the Plasmodium enzyme. Because the recombinant PfPGP enzyme is insoluble, we performed an extended substrate screen and extensive biochemical characterization of the recombinantly expressed and purified homolog from Plasmodium berghei (Pb), leading to the identification of 2-phosphoglycolate and 2-phospho-L-lactate as the relevant physiological substrates of PbPGP. 2-Phosphoglycolate is generated during repair of damaged DNA ends, 2-phospho-L-lactate is a product of pyruvate kinase side reaction, and both potently inhibit two key glycolytic enzymes, triosephosphate isomerase and phosphofructokinase. Hence, PGP-mediated clearance of these toxic metabolites is vital for cell survival and functioning. Our results differ significantly from those in a previous study, wherein the PfPGP enzyme has been inferred to act on 2-phospho-D-lactate and not on the L isomer. Apart from resolving the substrate specificity conflict through direct in vitro enzyme assays, we conducted PGP gene knockout studies in P. berghei, confirming that this conserved metabolic proofreading enzyme is essential in Plasmodium In summary, our findings establish PbPGP as an essential enzyme for normal physiological function in P. berghei and suggest that drugs that specifically inhibit Plasmodium PGP may hold promise for use in anti-malarial therapies.


Subject(s)
Malaria/parasitology , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/metabolism , Plasmodium berghei/metabolism , Protozoan Proteins/metabolism , Animals , Gene Knockout Techniques , Glycolates/metabolism , Glycolysis , Humans , Lactates/metabolism , Mice , Molecular Sequence Data , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/chemistry , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/genetics , Plasmodium berghei/chemistry , Plasmodium berghei/genetics , Protozoan Proteins/chemistry , Protozoan Proteins/genetics , Sequence Alignment , Substrate Specificity
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Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids ; 1863(6): 584-594, 2018 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29524543

ABSTRACT

Mammalian phosphoglycolate phosphatase (PGP, also known as AUM or glycerol-3-phosphate phosphatase) is a small molecule-directed phosphatase important for metabolite repair and lipid metabolism. Although PGP was first characterized as an enzyme involved in epidermal growth factor (EGF) signaling, PGP protein substrates have remained elusive. Here we show that PGP depletion facilitates fatty acid flux through the intracellular triacylglycerol/fatty acid cycle, and that phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2), produced in a side branch of this cycle, is critical for the impact of PGP activity on EGF-induced signaling. Loss of endogenous PGP expression amplified both EGF-induced EGF receptor autophosphorylation and Src-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase C-γ1 (PLCγ1). Furthermore, EGF enhanced the formation of circular dorsal ruffles in PGP-depleted cells via Src/PLCγ1/protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent signaling to the cytoskeleton. Inhibition of adipose triglyceride lipase normalized the increased PIP2 content, reduced EGF-dependent PLCγ1 hyperphosphorylation, and decreased the elevated dorsal ruffle formation of PGP-depleted cells. Our data explain how PGP exerts control over EGF-induced cellular protein tyrosine phosphorylation, and reveal an unexpected influence of triacylglycerol turnover on growth factor signaling.


Subject(s)
Epidermal Growth Factor/metabolism , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/metabolism , Signal Transduction , Triglycerides/metabolism , Cell Line , Epidermal Growth Factor/genetics , Humans , Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate/genetics , Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate/metabolism , Phospholipase C gamma/genetics , Phospholipase C gamma/metabolism , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/genetics , Protein Kinase C/genetics , Protein Kinase C/metabolism , Triglycerides/genetics
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J Exp Bot ; 67(10): 2963-76, 2016 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26931168

ABSTRACT

Photorespiration and oxygenic photosynthesis are intimately linked processes. It has been shown that under the present day atmospheric conditions cyanobacteria and all eukaryotic phototrophs need functional photorespiration to grow autotrophically. The question arises as to when this essential partnership evolved, i.e. can we assume a coevolution of both processes from the beginning or did photorespiration evolve later to compensate for the generation of 2-phosphoglycolate (2PG) due to Rubisco's oxygenase reaction? This question is mainly discussed here using phylogenetic analysis of proteins involved in the 2PG metabolism and the acquisition of different carbon concentrating mechanisms (CCMs). The phylogenies revealed that the enzymes involved in the photorespiration of vascular plants have diverse origins, with some proteins acquired from cyanobacteria as ancestors of the chloroplasts and others from heterotrophic bacteria as ancestors of mitochondria in the plant cell. Only phosphoglycolate phosphatase was found to originate from Archaea. Notably glaucophyte algae, the earliest branching lineage of Archaeplastida, contain more photorespiratory enzymes of cyanobacterial origin than other algal lineages or land plants indicating a larger initial contribution of cyanobacterial-derived proteins to eukaryotic photorespiration. The acquisition of CCMs is discussed as a proxy for assessing the timing of periods when photorespiratory activity may have been enhanced. The existence of CCMs also had marked influence on the structure and function of photorespiration. Here, we discuss evidence for an early and continuous coevolution of photorespiration, CCMs and photosynthesis starting from cyanobacteria via algae, to land plants.


Subject(s)
Biological Evolution , Cyanobacteria/physiology , Photosynthesis/physiology , Plants/metabolism , Carbon/metabolism , Cyanobacteria/metabolism , Phylogeny , Plant Physiological Phenomena
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J Biol Chem ; 289(6): 3416-31, 2014 Feb 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24338473

ABSTRACT

Mammalian haloacid dehalogenase (HAD)-type phosphatases are an emerging family of phosphatases with important functions in physiology and disease, yet little is known about the basis of their substrate specificity. Here, we characterize a previously unexplored HAD family member (gene annotation, phosphoglycolate phosphatase), which we termed AUM, for aspartate-based, ubiquitous, Mg(2+)-dependent phosphatase. AUM is a tyrosine-specific paralog of the serine/threonine-specific protein and pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-directed HAD phosphatase chronophin. Comparative evolutionary and biochemical analyses reveal that a single, differently conserved residue in the cap domain of either AUM or chronophin is crucial for phosphatase specificity. We have solved the x-ray crystal structure of the AUM cap fused to the catalytic core of chronophin to 2.65 Å resolution and present a detailed view of the catalytic clefts of AUM and chronophin that explains their substrate preferences. Our findings identify a small number of cap domain residues that encode the different substrate specificities of AUM and chronophin.


Subject(s)
Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/chemistry , Animals , Crystallography, X-Ray , Humans , Male , Mice , Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/classification , Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/genetics , Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/metabolism , Protein Structure, Tertiary , Rats , Substrate Specificity
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Methods Mol Biol ; 2792: 3-17, 2024.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38861074

ABSTRACT

Determining enzyme activities involved in photorespiration, either in a crude plant tissue extract or in a preparation of a recombinant enzyme, is time-consuming, especially when large number of samples need to be processed. This chapter presents a phosphoglycolate phosphatase (PGLP) activity assay that is adapted for use in a 96-well microplate format. The microplate format for the assay requires fewer enzymes and reagents and allows rapid and less expensive measurement of PGLP enzyme activity. The small volume of reaction mix in a 96-well microplate format enables the determination of PGLP enzyme activity for screening many plant samples, multiple enzyme activities using the same protein extract, and/or identifying kinetic parameters for a recombinant enzyme. To assist in preparing assay reagents, we also present an R Shiny buffer preparation app for PGLP and other photorespiratory enzyme activities and a Km and Vmax calculation app.


Subject(s)
Enzyme Assays , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases , Plant Extracts , Plant Leaves , Recombinant Proteins , Plant Leaves/chemistry , Plant Leaves/metabolism , Plant Leaves/enzymology , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/metabolism , Kinetics , Recombinant Proteins/metabolism , Recombinant Proteins/genetics , Enzyme Assays/methods , Plant Extracts/chemistry , High-Throughput Screening Assays/methods
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Methods Mol Biol ; 2792: 29-39, 2024.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38861076

ABSTRACT

Phosphoglycolate phosphatase (PGLP) dephosphorylates 2-phosphoglycolate to glycolate that can be further metabolized to glyoxylate by glycolate oxidase (GOX) via an oxidative reaction that uses O2 and releases H2O2. The oxidation of o-dianisidine by H2O2 catalyzed by a peroxidase can be followed in real time by an absorbance change at 440 nm. Based on these reactions, a spectrophotometric method for measuring PGLP activity using a coupled reaction with recombinant Arabidopsis thaliana GOX is described. This protocol has been used successfully with either purified PGLP or total soluble proteins extracted from Arabidopsis rosette leaves.


Subject(s)
Alcohol Oxidoreductases , Arabidopsis , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases , Recombinant Proteins , Recombinant Proteins/metabolism , Recombinant Proteins/genetics , Arabidopsis/enzymology , Arabidopsis/genetics , Arabidopsis/metabolism , Alcohol Oxidoreductases/metabolism , Alcohol Oxidoreductases/genetics , Alcohol Oxidoreductases/chemistry , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/metabolism , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/genetics , Glycolates/metabolism , Enzyme Assays/methods , Hydrogen Peroxide/metabolism , Oxidation-Reduction , Plant Leaves/metabolism , Plant Leaves/enzymology , Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism , Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics , Spectrophotometry/methods
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Methods Mol Biol ; 2792: 19-27, 2024.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38861075

ABSTRACT

Besides the historical and traditional use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy as a structure elucidation tool for proteins and metabolites, its quantification ability allows the determination of metabolite amounts and therefore enzymatic activity measurements. For this purpose, 1H-NMR with adapted water pulse pre-saturation sequences and calibration curves with commercial standard solutions can be used to quantify the photorespiratory cycle intermediates, 2-phosphoglycolate and glycolate, associated with the phosphoglycolate phosphatase reaction. The intensity of the 1H-NMR signal of glycolate produced by the activity of purified recombinant Arabidopsis thaliana PGLP1 can therefore be used to determine PGLP1 enzymatic activities and kinetic parameters.


Subject(s)
Arabidopsis , Glycolates , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases , Glycolates/metabolism , Glycolates/chemistry , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/metabolism , Arabidopsis/metabolism , Arabidopsis/enzymology , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/methods , Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism , Enzyme Assays/methods , Kinetics , Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
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Methods Mol Biol ; 2832: 145-161, 2024.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38869793

ABSTRACT

Photorespiration, an essential metabolic component, is a classic example of interactions between the intracellular compartments of a plant cell: the chloroplast, peroxisome, mitochondria, and cytoplasm. The photorespiratory pathway is often modulated by abiotic stress and is considered an adaptive response. Monitoring the patterns of key enzymes located in different subcellular components would be an ideal approach to assessing the modulation of the photorespiratory metabolism under abiotic stress. This chapter describes the procedures for assaying several individual enzyme activities of key photorespiratory enzymes and evaluating their response to oxidative/photooxidative stress. It is essential to ascertain the presence of stress in the experimental material. Therefore, procedures for typical abiotic stress induction in leaves by highlighting without or with menadione (an oxidant that targets mitochondria) are also included.


Subject(s)
Plant Leaves , Stress, Physiological , Plant Leaves/metabolism , Photosynthesis , Chloroplasts/metabolism , Oxidative Stress , Enzyme Assays/methods , Cell Respiration , Vitamin K 3/pharmacology , Arabidopsis/metabolism , Arabidopsis/enzymology , Arabidopsis/physiology , Light
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Methods Mol Biol ; 2792: 97-111, 2024.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38861081

ABSTRACT

To measure the kinetic properties of photorespiratory enzymes, it is necessary to work with purified proteins. Protocols to purify photorespiratory enzymes from leaves of various plant species require several time-consuming steps. It is now possible to produce large quantities of recombinant proteins in bacterial cells. They can be rapidly purified as histidine-tagged recombinant proteins by immobilized metal affinity chromatography using Ni2+-NTA-agarose. This chapter describes protocols to purify several Arabidopsis thaliana His-tagged recombinant photorespiratory enzymes (phosphoglycolate phosphatase, glycolate oxidase, and hydroxypyruvate reductase) from Escherichia coli cell cultures using two bacterial strain-plasmid systems: BL21(DE3)-pET and LMG194-pBAD.


Subject(s)
Alcohol Oxidoreductases , Arabidopsis Proteins , Escherichia coli , Hydroxypyruvate Reductase , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases , Recombinant Proteins , Alcohol Oxidoreductases/genetics , Alcohol Oxidoreductases/metabolism , Alcohol Oxidoreductases/isolation & purification , Alcohol Oxidoreductases/chemistry , Arabidopsis/genetics , Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics , Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism , Arabidopsis Proteins/isolation & purification , Arabidopsis Proteins/chemistry , Chromatography, Affinity/methods , Escherichia coli/genetics , Escherichia coli/metabolism , Histidine/metabolism , Histidine/genetics , Hydroxypyruvate Reductase/genetics , Hydroxypyruvate Reductase/metabolism , Hydroxypyruvate Reductase/chemistry , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/metabolism , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/genetics , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/isolation & purification , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/chemistry , Recombinant Proteins/metabolism , Recombinant Proteins/isolation & purification , Recombinant Proteins/genetics
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Mutat Res ; 755(2): 148-55, 2013 Aug 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23827780

ABSTRACT

This paper investigates the mechanism of action of heavy ion radiation (HIR) on mouse testes. The testes of male mice subjected to whole body irradiation with carbon ion beam (0.5 and 4Gy) were analyzed at 7days after irradiation. A two-dimensional gel electrophoresis approach was employed to investigate the alteration of protein expression in the testes. Spot detection and matching were performed using the PDQuest 8.0 software. A difference of more than threefold in protein quantity (normalized spot volume) is the standard for detecting differentially expressed protein spots. A total of 11 differentially expressed proteins were found. Protein identification was performed using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-TOF). Nine specific proteins were identified by searching the protein sequence database of the National Center for Biotechnology Information. These proteins were found involved in molecular chaperones, metabolic enzymes, oxidative stress, sperm function, and spermatogenic cell proliferation. HIR decreased glutathione activity and increased malondialdehyde content in the testes. Given that Pin1 is related to the cell cycle and that proliferation is affected by spermatogenesis, we analyzed testicular histological changes and Pin1 protein expression through immunoblotting and immunofluorescence. Alterations of multiple pathways may be associated with HIR toxicity to the testes. Our findings are essential for studies on the development, biology, and pathology of mouse testes after HIR in space or radiotherapy.


Subject(s)
Carbon/toxicity , Gene Expression Profiling/methods , Heavy Ions/adverse effects , Protein Biosynthesis/radiation effects , Proteomics/methods , Testis/radiation effects , Animals , Cell Cycle Proteins/biosynthesis , Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics , Cell Differentiation/radiation effects , Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation , Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional , Glutathione/analysis , Lipid Peroxidation/radiation effects , Male , Malondialdehyde/analysis , Mice , Microscopy, Fluorescence , Molecular Chaperones/biosynthesis , Molecular Chaperones/genetics , NIMA-Interacting Peptidylprolyl Isomerase , Oxidative Stress/genetics , Oxidative Stress/radiation effects , Peptidylprolyl Isomerase/biosynthesis , Peptidylprolyl Isomerase/genetics , Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization , Spermatogenesis/genetics , Subtraction Technique , Testis/metabolism , Testis/ultrastructure , Whole-Body Irradiation
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Plant Biol (Stuttg) ; 24(3): 510-516, 2022 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35083835

ABSTRACT

Phosphoglycolate phosphatase (PGLP, EC3.1.3.18) is a key enzyme in photorespiration. However, genes encoding the rice photorespiratory PGLP have not yet been identified or characterized. Here, PGLP for photorespiration in rice was identified and its enzymatic properties were investigated. In order to define the function of PGLP homologs, rice PGLP mutants were constructed using CRISPR/Cas9, the transcriptional expressions were analyzed by RT-qPCR, and subcellular localizations were detected via rice protoplast transient expression analysis. Based on sequence alignment, proteins encoded by genes OsPGLP1, OsPGLP2, and OsPGLP3 in the rice genome were predicted to have PGLP activity. Subsequent experimentation showed that OsPGLP1 and OsPGLP3 are chloroplast proteins, while OsPGLP2 is localized in the cytoplasm. In rice leaves, levels of PGLP1 transcript were substantially higher than those of PGLP2 and PGLP3, whereas in roots, levels of PGLP2 transcript were higher than those of PGLP1 and PGLP3. There was no detectable PGLP activity in leaves of the OsPGLP1 mutant, which was non-viable in ambient air condition (400 ppm CO2 ) and high CO2 (4000 ppm) was unable to restore normal growth. In contrast, mutations of PGLP2 or PGLP3 did not result in visible phenotypes and the leaf PGLP activities were also unaffected It is suggested that PGLP1, encoded by Os04g0490800, is responsible for photorespiration. Furthermore, PGLP1 is a dimer with an apparent molecular mass of ca.65 kDa, and its Km is 272 µM, with a higher broad optimum pH (7.5 to 10.0) for PGLP activity than that in other higher plants.


Subject(s)
Oryza , Oryza/genetics , Oryza/metabolism , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/genetics , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/metabolism , Plant Leaves/genetics , Plant Leaves/metabolism , Plant Roots/metabolism
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Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) ; 12: 706607, 2021.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34326816

ABSTRACT

Cardiometabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, have enormous impact on modern societies worldwide. Excess nutritional burden and nutri-stress together with sedentary lifestyles lead to these diseases. Deranged glucose, fat, and energy metabolism is at the center of nutri-stress, and glycolysis-derived glycerol-3-phosphate (Gro3P) is at the crossroads of these metabolic pathways. Cellular levels of Gro3P can be controlled by its synthesis, utilization or hydrolysis. The belief that mammalian cells do not possess an enzyme that hydrolyzes Gro3P, as in lower organisms and plants, is challenged by our recent work showing the presence of a Gro3P phosphatase (G3PP) in mammalian cells. A previously described phosphoglycolate phosphatase (PGP) in mammalian cells, with no established physiological function, has been shown to actually function as G3PP, under physiological conditions, particularly at elevated glucose levels. In the present review, we summarize evidence that supports the view that G3PP plays an important role in the regulation of gluconeogenesis and fat storage in hepatocytes, glucose stimulated insulin secretion and nutri-stress in ß-cells, and lipogenesis in adipocytes. We provide a balanced perspective on the pathophysiological significance of G3PP in mammals with specific reference to cardiometabolic diseases.


Subject(s)
Adipocytes/cytology , Insulin Secretion , Insulin-Secreting Cells/cytology , Lipogenesis , Liver/cytology , Membrane Transport Proteins/metabolism , Adipocytes/metabolism , Animals , Humans , Insulin-Secreting Cells/metabolism , Liver/metabolism
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Plants (Basel) ; 8(12)2019 Dec 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31810232

ABSTRACT

Photorespiration metabolizes 2-phosphoglyolate (2-PG) to avoid inhibition of carbon assimilation and allocation. In addition to 2-PG removal, photorespiration has been shown to play a role in stress protection. Here, we studied the impact of faster 2-PG degradation through overexpression of 2-PG phosphatase (PGLP) on the abiotic stress-response of Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis). Two transgenic lines and the wild type were subjected to short-time high light and elevated temperature stress during gas exchange measurements. Furthermore, the same lines were exposed to long-term water shortage and elevated temperature stresses. Faster 2-PG degradation allowed maintenance of photosynthesis at combined light and temperatures stress and under water-limiting conditions. The PGLP-overexpressing lines also showed higher photosynthesis compared to the wild type if grown in high temperatures, which also led to increased starch accumulation and shifts in soluble sugar contents. However, only minor effects were detected on amino and organic acid levels. The wild type responded to elevated temperatures with elevated mRNA and protein levels of photorespiratory enzymes, while the transgenic lines displayed only minor changes. Collectively, these results strengthen our previous hypothesis that a faster photorespiratory metabolism improves tolerance against unfavorable environmental conditions, such as high light intensity and temperature as well as drought. In case of PGLP, the likely mechanism is alleviation of inhibitory feedback of 2-PG onto the Calvin-Benson cycle, facilitating carbon assimilation and accumulation of transitory starch.

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Front Plant Sci ; 9: 1718, 2018.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30542360

ABSTRACT

Photorespiratory phosphoglycolate (2PG) metabolism is essential for cyanobacteria, algae, and plants. The first enzyme of the pathway, 2PG phosphatase (PGPase), is known from plants and algae but was scarcely investigated in cyanobacteria. In silico analysis revealed four candidate genes (slr0458, slr0586, sll1349, and slr1762) in the genome of the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 that all belong to the 2-haloacid dehalogenase (HAD) superfamily and could possibly encode PGPase proteins. However, in contrast to known algal and plant PGPases, the putative cyanobacterial PGPases belong to another HAD subfamily implying that PGPases in eukaryotic phototrophs did not originate from cyanobacterial PGPases. To verify their function, these four genes were inactivated both individually and in combination. A mild high-CO2-requiring (HCR) growth phenotype typical for photorespiratory mutants was observed only in Δsll1349. Combinatorial inactivation enhanced the HCR phenotype in specific double and triple mutants. Heterologous expression of the putative cyanobacterial PGPases in E. coli led to higher PGPase activities in crude cell extracts, but only the purified Slr0458 protein showed PGPase activity. Hence, we propose that a consortium of up to four photorespiratory PGPases may initiate photorespiratory 2PG metabolism in Synechocystis. We suggest that redundancy of this essential enzyme activity could be related to the highly adaptive lifestyle of cyanobacteria such as Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, which allows them to grow under very diverse conditions.

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Biochimie ; 143: 18-28, 2017 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28826615

ABSTRACT

Metabolic diseases, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome arise because of disturbances in glucose and fat metabolism, which impact associated physiological events such as insulin secretion and action, fat storage and oxidation. Even though, decades of research has contributed to our current understanding of the components involved in glucose and fat metabolism and their regulation, that led to the development of many therapeutics, there are still many unanswered questions. Glycerol-3-phosphate (Gro3P), which is formed during glycolysis, is at the intersection of glucose and fat metabolism, and the availability of this metabolite can regulate energy and intermediary metabolism in mammalian cells. During the course of evolution, mammalian cells are assumed to have lost the capacity to directly hydrolyze Gro3P to glycerol, until the recent discovery from our laboratory showing that a previously known mammalian enzyme, phosphoglycolate phosphatase (PGP), can function as a Gro3P phosphatase (G3PP) and regulate this metabolite levels. Emerging evidence indicates that G3PP/PGP is an evolutionarily conserved "multi-tasking" enzyme that belongs to the superfamily of haloacid dehalogenase-like phosphatase enzymes, and is capable of hydrolyzing Gro3P, an abundant physiologically relevant substrate, as well as other metabolites including 2-phosphoglycolate, 4-phosphoerythronate and 2-phospholactate, which are present in much smaller amounts in cells, under normal conditions. G3PP, by regulating Gro3P levels, plays a critical role in intermediary metabolism, including glycolysis, glucose oxidation, cellular redox and ATP production, gluconeogenesis, esterification of fatty acids towards glycerolipid synthesis and fatty acid oxidation. Because of G3PP's ability to regulate energy and intermediary metabolism as well as physiological functions such as insulin secretion, hepatic glucose production, and fat synthesis, storage and oxidation, the pathophysiological role of this enzyme in metabolic diseases needs to be precisely defined. In this review, we summarize the present knowledge on the structure, function and regulation of G3PP/PGP, and we discuss its potential therapeutic role for cardiometabolic diseases.


Subject(s)
Cardiovascular Diseases/enzymology , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/enzymology , Glycerophosphates/metabolism , Metabolic Syndrome/enzymology , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/metabolism , Animals , Evolution, Molecular , Humans , Lipid Metabolism , Mammals/metabolism , Neoplasms/enzymology , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/chemistry , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/genetics , Stress, Physiological/physiology
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Methods Mol Biol ; 1653: 31-50, 2017.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28822124

ABSTRACT

The determination of enzyme activities in organ or organellar extracts is an important means of investigating metabolic networks and allows testing the success of enzyme-targeted genetic engineering. It also delivers information on intrinsic enzyme parameters such as kinetic properties or impact of effector molecules. This chapter provides protocols on how to assess activities of the enzymes of the core photorespiratory pathway, from 2-phosphoglycolate phosphatase to glycerate 3-kinase.


Subject(s)
Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism , Arabidopsis/enzymology , Enzyme Assays/methods , Gene Expression Regulation, Plant , Oxygen Consumption/physiology , Photosynthesis/physiology , Plant Leaves/enzymology , Alcohol Oxidoreductases/genetics , Alcohol Oxidoreductases/metabolism , Arabidopsis/genetics , Arabidopsis/growth & development , Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics , Carbon Dioxide/metabolism , Enzyme Assays/instrumentation , Glycine Decarboxylase Complex/genetics , Glycine Decarboxylase Complex/metabolism , Glycine Hydroxymethyltransferase/genetics , Glycine Hydroxymethyltransferase/metabolism , Kinetics , Oxidation-Reduction , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/genetics , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/metabolism , Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)/genetics , Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)/metabolism , Plant Leaves/genetics , Plant Leaves/growth & development , Signal Transduction , Transaminases/genetics , Transaminases/metabolism
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Free Radic Biol Med ; 97: 75-84, 2016 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27179418

ABSTRACT

Redox-dependent switches of enzyme activity are emerging as important fine-tuning mechanisms in cell signaling. For example, protein tyrosine phosphatases employ a conserved cysteine residue for catalysis, which also renders them highly susceptible to reversible inactivation by oxidation. In contrast, haloacid dehalogenase (HAD)-type phosphatases perform catalysis via a phosphoaspartyltransferase reaction. The potential regulation of HAD phosphatases by reversible oxidation has not yet been explored. Here, we investigate the redox-sensitivity of the HAD-type phosphoglycolate phosphatase PGP, also known as AUM or glycerol-3-phosphate phosphatase. We show that recombinant, purified murine PGP is inhibited by oxidation and re-activated by reduction. We identify three reactive cysteine residues in the catalytic core domain of PGP (Cys35, Cys104 and Cys243) that mediate the reversible inhibition of PGP activity and the associated, redox-dependent conformational changes. Structural analysis suggests that Cys35 oxidation weakens van-der-Waals interactions with Thr67, a conserved catalytic residue required for substrate coordination. Cys104 and Cys243 form a redox-dependent disulfide bridge between the PGP catalytic core and cap domains, which may impair the open/close-dynamics of the catalytic cycle. In addition, we demonstrate that Cys297 in the PGP cap domain is essential for redox-dependent PGP oligomerization, and that PGP oxidation/oligomerization occurs in response to stimulation of cells with EGF. Finally, employing a modified cysteinyl-labeling assay, we show that cysteines of cellular PGP are transiently oxidized to sulfenic acids. Taken together, our findings establish that PGP, an aspartate-dependent HAD phosphatase, is transiently inactivated by reversible oxidation in cells.


Subject(s)
Hydrolases/metabolism , Oxidative Stress/genetics , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/metabolism , Animals , Aspartic Acid/metabolism , Catalysis , Catalytic Domain/genetics , Cysteine/metabolism , Disulfides/chemistry , Hydrogen Peroxide/metabolism , Hydrolases/chemistry , Hydrolases/genetics , Mice , Oxidation-Reduction , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/chemistry , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/genetics , Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism , Signal Transduction
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