Abstract Protein posttranslational modification (PTM) is a biochemical mechanism benefitting cellular adaptation to dynamic intracellular and environmental conditions. Recently, several acylation marks have been identified as new protein PTMs occurring on specific lysine residues in mammalian cells: isobutyrylation, methacrylation, benzoylation, isonicotinylation, and lactylation. These acylation marks were initially discovered to occur on nucleosomal histones, but they potentially occur as prevalent biomarkers on non‐histone proteins as well. The existence of these PTMs is a downstream consequence of metabolism and demonstrates the intimate crosstalk between active cellular metabolites and regulation of protein function. Emerging evidence indicates that these acylation marks on histones affect DNA transcription and are functionally distinct from the well‐studied lysine acetylation. Herein, we discuss enzymatic regulation and metabolic etiology of these acylations, 'reader' proteins that recognize different acylations, and their possible physiological and pathological functions. Several of these modifications correlate with other well‐studied acylations and fine‐tune the regulation of gene expression. Overall, findings of these acylation marks reveal new molecular links between metabolism and epigenetics and open up many questions for future investigation. © 2023 The Authors. Current Protocols published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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The role of lysine acetylation in the function of mitochondrial ribosomal protein L12
Mitochondria play a central role in energy production and cellular metabolism. Mitochondria contain their own small genome (mitochondrial DNA, mtDNA) that carries the genetic instructions for proteins required for ATP synthesis. The mitochondrial proteome, including the mitochondrial transcriptional machinery, is subject to post‐translational modifications (PTMs), including acetylation and phosphorylation. We set out to determine whether PTMs of proteins associated with mtDNA may provide a potential mechanism for the regulation of mitochondrial gene expression. Here, we focus on mitochondrial ribosomal protein L12 (MRPL12), which is thought to stabilize mitochondrial RNA polymerase (POLRMT) and promote transcription. Numerous acetylation sites of MRPL12 were identified by mass spectrometry. We employed amino acid mimics of the acetylated (lysine to glutamine mutants) and deacetylated (lysine to arginine mutants) versions of MRPL12 to interrogate the role of lysine acetylation in transcription initiation in vitro and mitochondrial gene expression in HeLa cells. MRPL12 acetyl and deacetyl protein mimics were purified and assessed for their ability to impact mtDNA promoter binding of POLRMT. We analyzed mtDNA content and mitochondrial transcript levels in HeLa cells upon overexpression of acetyl and deacetyl mimics of MRPL12. Our results suggest that MRPL12 single‐site acetyl mimics do not change the mtDNA promoter binding ability of POLRMT or mtDNA content in HeLa cells. Individual acetyl mimics may have modest effects on mitochondrial transcript levels. We found that the mitochondrial deacetylase, Sirtuin 3, is capable of deacetylating MRPL12 in vitro, suggesting a potential role for dynamic acetylation controlling MRPL12 function in a role outside of the regulation of gene expression.
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- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
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- Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics
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- 0887-3585
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- National Science Foundation
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