Characterization of desnutrin functional domains: critical residues for triacylglycerol hydrolysis in cultured cells.
Murine desnutrin/human ATGL is a triacylglycerol (TAG) hydrolase with a predicted catalytic dyad within an alpha-beta hydrolase fold in the N-terminal region. In humans, mutations resulting in C-terminal truncation cause neutral lipid storage disease with myopathy. To identify critical functional domains, we measured TAG breakdown in cultured cells by mutated or truncated desnutrin. In vitro, C-terminally truncated desnutrin displayed an even higher apparent V(max) than the full-length form without changes in K(m), which may be explained by our finding of an interaction between the C- and N-terminal domains. In live cells, however, C-terminally truncated adenoviral desnutrin had lower TAG hydrolase activity. We investigated a role for the phosphorylation of C-terminal S406 and S430 residues but found that these were not necessary for TAG breakdown or lipid droplet localization in cells. The predicted N-terminal active sites, S47 and D166, were both critical for TAG hydrolysis in live cells and in vitro. We also identified two overlapping N-terminal motifs that predict lipid substrate binding domains, a glycine-rich motif (underlined) and an amphipathic alpha-helix (bold) within amino acid residues 10-24 (ISFAGCGFLGVYHIG). G14, F17, L18, and V20, but not G16 and G19, were important for TAG hydrolysis, suggesting a potential role for the amphipathic alpha-helix in TAG binding. This study identifies for the first time critical sites in the N-terminal region of desnutrin and reveals the requirement of the C-terminal region for TAG hydrolysis in cultured cells.
Duncan
Robin E
RE
Department of Nutritional Science and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Wang
Yuhui
Y
Ahmadian
Maryam
M
Lu
Jennifer
J
Sarkadi-Nagy
Eszter
E
Sul
Hei Sook
HS
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008049:Lipase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000378:metabolism*; D000217:Acyltransferases
D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; D008049:Lipase; D014280:Triglycerides; C494445:PNPLA2 protein, mouse; D000217:Acyltransferases
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