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Identification of lysine succinylation as a new post-translational modification

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Zhang, Zhihong, Tan, Minjia, Xie, Zhongyu, Dai, Lunzhi, Chen, Yue, Zhao, Yingming·2011·Nature Chemical Biology

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Of the 20 ribosomally coded amino acid residues, lysine is the most frequently post-translationally modified, which has important functional and regulatory consequences. Here we report the identification and verification of a previously unreported form of protein post-translational modification (PTM): lysine succinylation. The succinyllysine residue was initially identified by mass spectrometry and protein sequence alignment. The identified succinyllysine peptides derived from in vivo proteins were verified by western blot analysis, in vivo labeling with isotopic succinate, MS/MS and HPLC coelution of their synthetic counterparts. We further show that lysine succinylation is evolutionarily conserved and that this PTM responds to different physiological conditions. Our study also implies that succinyl-CoA might be a cofactor for lysine succinylation. Given the apparent high abundance of lysine succinylation and the significant structural changes induced by this PTM, it is expected that lysine succinylation has important cellular functions.

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  • Sirt4 and sirt5 regulate protein malonylation and succinylation.

    “recent studies have revealed novel roles for sirt4 and sirt5 in regulating protein malonylation and succinylation (Du et al., 2011; Peng et al., 2011; Zhang et al., 2011)”

    From Lipid-Induced Mitochondrial Stress and Insulin Action in Muscle (2012) · cites this paper as Zhang et al., 2011

  • SIRT5 removes malonyl and succinyl groups from target lysines.

    “The mitochondrial sirtuin SIRT5 removes malonyl and succinyl moieties from target lysines.”

    From SIRT5-mediated lysine desuccinylation impacts diverse metabolic pathways (2013) · cites this paper as Zhang et al., 2011

  • The authors' earlier work established lysine succinylation and malonylation as validated posttranslational modification pathways.

    “Recently, we identified and fully validated Lys succinylation and malonylation as PTM pathways, implying an ancient conserved function (Peng et al., 2011; Zhang et al., 2011).”

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  • SIRT5 is the sole enzyme known to remove succinyl and malonyl groups from lysine.

    “Our work, as well as that of others, has identified SIRT5 as the only known enzyme to date catalyzing Lys desuccinylation and demalonylation (Du et al., 2011; Peng et al., 2011; Zhang et al., 2011).”

    From SIRT5-mediated lysine desuccinylation impacts diverse metabolic pathways (2013) · cites this paper as Zhang et al., 2011

  • Earlier work from the authors identified Ksucc sites on E. coli IDH.

    “Our previous studies identified Ksucc sites on E. coli IDH (Zhang et al., 2011).”

    From SIRT5-mediated lysine desuccinylation impacts diverse metabolic pathways (2013) · cites this paper as Zhang et al., 2011

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Authors
Zhang, Z., Tan, M., Xie, Z., Dai, L., Chen, Y., & Zhao, Y.
Affiliations
University of Chicago (US)
Corresponding author
Zhao, Yingming
Venue
Nature Chemical Biology
Published
2010-12-12
Volume
7
Issue
1
Pages
58-63
ISSN
  • 1552-4450 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-4469
OpenAlex
W1969899640
Cited by
1,027
References
23
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FWCI
10.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Nature Chemical Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Cancer Institute (R01CA126832)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Cancer-related gene regulation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
Keywords
lysine succinylation, post-translational modification, succinyl-CoA, protein modification, evolutionary conservation, protein structure-function relationship
MeSH terms
Acyl Coenzyme A, Amino Acid Sequence, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Lysine, Molecular Sequence Data, Peptides, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Mass Spectrometry, Blotting, Western, Sequence Alignment, Succinic Acid, Escherichia coli Proteins

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