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- Title
Yeast protein glycation in vivo by methylglyoxal.
- Authors
Gomes, Ricardo A.; Miranda, Hugo Vicente; Silva, Marta Sousa; Graça, Gonçalo; Coelho, Ana V.; Ferreira, António E.; Cordeiro, Carlos; Freire, Ana Ponces
- Abstract
Protein glycation by methylglyoxal is a nonenzymatic post-translational modification whereby arginine and lysine side chains form a chemically heterogeneous group of advanced glycation end-products. Methylglyoxal-derived advanced glycation end-products are involved in pathologies such as diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases of the amyloid type. As methylglyoxal is produced nonenzymatically from dihydroxyacetone phosphate andd-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate during glycolysis, its formation occurs in all living cells. Understanding methylglyoxal glycation in model systems will provide important clues regarding glycation prevention in higher organisms in the context of widespread human diseases. Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells with different glycation phenotypes and MALDI-TOF peptide mass fingerprints, we identified enolase 2 as the primary methylglyoxal glycation target in yeast. Two other glycolytic enzymes are also glycated, aldolase and phosphoglycerate mutase. Despite enolase's activity loss, in a glycation-dependent way, glycolytic flux and glycerol production remained unchanged. None of these enzymes has any effect on glycolytic flux, as evaluated by sensitivity analysis, showing that yeast glycolysis is a very robust metabolic pathway. Three heat shock proteins are also glycated, Hsp71/72 and Hsp26. For all glycated proteins, the nature and molecular location of some advanced glycation end-products were determined by MALDI-TOF. Yeast cells experienced selective pressure towards efficient use ofd-glucose, with high methylglyoxal formation as a side effect. Glycation is a fact of life for these cells, and some glycolytic enzymes could be deployed to contain methylglyoxal that evades its enzymatic catabolism. Heat shock proteins may be involved in proteolytic processing (Hsp71/72) or protein salvaging (Hsp26).
- Subjects
SACCHAROMYCES cerevisiae; GLYCOPROTEINS; YEAST; AMINO acids; DIABETES; NEURODEGENERATION
- Publication
FEBS Journal, 2006, Vol 273, Issue 23, p5273
- ISSN
1742-464X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05520.x