Protein-protein interactions and metabolite channelling in the plant tricarboxylic acid cycle.
Protein-protein interactions and metabolite channelling in the plant tricarboxylic acid cycle.
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DOI:
10.1038/ncomms15212
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发表时间:
2017-05-16
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Obata T
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作者:
Zhang Y;Beard KFM;Swart C;Bergmann S;Krahnert I;Nikoloski Z;Graf A;Ratcliffe RG;Sweetlove LJ;Fernie AR;Obata T
Protein complexes of sequential metabolic enzymes, often termed metabolons, may permit direct channelling of metabolites between the enzymes, providing increased control over metabolic pathway fluxes. Experimental evidence supporting their existence in vivo remains fragmentary. In the present study, we test binary interactions of the proteins constituting the plant tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. We integrate (semi-)quantitative results from affinity purification-mass spectrometry, split-luciferase and yeast-two-hybrid assays to generate a single reliability score for assessing protein–protein interactions. By this approach, we identify 158 interactions including those between catalytic subunits of sequential enzymes and between subunits of enzymes mediating non-adjacent reactions. We reveal channelling of citrate and fumarate in isolated potato mitochondria by isotope dilution experiments. These results provide evidence for a functional TCA cycle metabolon in plants, which we discuss in the context of contemporary understanding of this pathway in other kingdoms. A metabolon is a complex of sequential metabolic enzymes that channels substrates directly between enzymes, thus optimizing metabolic flux. Here Zhang et al. provide protein interaction and isotope dilution data that support the existence of a metabolon that channels both citrate and fumarate in the plant TCA cycle.