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ArticleCell chemical biology2017

The Mammalian Malonyl-CoA Synthetase ACSF3 Is Required for Mitochondrial Protein Malonylation and Metabolic Efficiency.

Caitlyn E Bowman, Susana Rodriguez, Ebru S Selen Alpergin, Michelle G Acoba, Liang Zhao, Thomas Hartung, Steven M Claypool, Paul A Watkins, Michael J Wolfgang

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Article in Cell chemical biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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55 citing papers in PubMed, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Caitlyn E BowmanDepartment of Biological Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Susana RodriguezDepartment of Physiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Ebru S Selen AlperginDepartment of Biological Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Michelle G AcobaDepartment of Physiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Liang ZhaoDepartment of Environmental Health and Engineering, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Thomas HartungDepartment of Environmental Health and Engineering, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Department of Biology, University of Konstanz 78464, Konstanz, Germany.
Steven M ClaypoolDepartment of Physiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Paul A WatkinsDepartment of Biological Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Michael J WolfgangDepartment of Biological Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: mwolfga1@jhmi.edu.
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · USUniversity of Konstanz · DE

Funding

Regulation of Neuronal Lipid Homeostasis By ThioesterasesR01NS072241 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WOLFGANG, MICHAEL J. · 2011 to 2020
$4.0M
Cardiolipin and the mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier interactomeR01HL108882 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI CLAYPOOL, STEVEN MICHAEL · 2013 to 2017
$2.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL108882NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS072241
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malonyl-coenzyme A (malonyl-CoA) is a central metabolite in mammalian fatty acid biochemistry generated and utilized in the cytoplasm; however, little is known about noncanonical organelle-specific malonyl-CoA metabolism. Intramitochondrial malonyl-CoA is generated by a malonyl-CoA synthetase, ACSF3, which produces malonyl-CoA from malonate, an endogenous competitive inhibitor of succinate dehydrogenase. To determine the metabolic requirement for mitochondrial malonyl-CoA, ACSF3 knockout (KO) cells were generated by CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome editing. ACSF3 KO cells exhibited elevated malonate and impaired mitochondrial metabolism. Unbiased and targeted metabolomics analysis of KO and control cells in the presence or absence of exogenous malonate revealed metabolic changes dependent on either malonate or malonyl-CoA. While ACSF3 was required for the metabolism and therefore detoxification of malonate, ACSF3-derived malonyl-CoA was specifically required for lysine malonylation of mitochondrial proteins. Together, these data describe an essential role for ACSF3 in dictating the metabolic fate of mitochondrial malonate and malonyl-CoA in mammalian metabolism.

Indexed as

Protein Processing, Post-TranslationalAcylationAnimalsCell LineCoenzyme A LigasesGene Knockout TechniquesHumansLipogenesisMalonatesMiceMitochondriaMitochondrial ProteinsMutationOrgan SpecificityOxidation-ReductionProtein EngineeringACSF3 protein, humanCoenzyme A LigasesMalonatesmalonic acidMitochondrial Proteinsacetyl-CoAACSF3CRISPR/Casmalonatemalonylationmalonyl-CoA synthetasemetabolomicsmitochondrial metabolismSIRT5succinylation

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PMID28479296
PMCPMC5482780
OpenAlexW2610983028

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