Acetylation negatively regulates glycogen phosphorylase by recruiting protein phosphatase 1.
Glycogen phosphorylase (GP) catalyzes the rate-limiting step in glycogen catabolism and plays a key role in maintaining cellular and organismal glucose homeostasis. GP is the first protein whose function was discovered to be regulated by reversible protein phosphorylation, which is controlled by phosphorylase kinase (PhK) and protein phosphatase 1 (PP1). Here we report that lysine acetylation negatively regulates GP activity by both inhibiting enzyme activity directly and promoting dephosphorylation. Acetylation of GP Lys(470) enhances its interaction with the PP1 substrate-targeting subunit, G(L), and PP1, thereby promoting GP dephosphorylation and inactivation. We show that GP acetylation is stimulated by glucose and insulin and inhibited by glucagon. Our results provide molecular insights into the intricate regulation of the classical GP and a functional crosstalk between protein acetylation and phosphorylation.
State Key Lab of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 20032, China.
Tengfei
T
Zhang
Shiwen
S
Wang
Yan
Y
Lin
Wei
W
Xu
Dan
D
Ye
Yue
Y
Xiong
Shimin
S
Zhao
Kun-Liang
KL
Guan
D000107:Acetylation; D000818:Animals; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D024981:Glycogen Phosphorylase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D008239:Lysine / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011485:Protein Binding; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1 / Q000378:metabolism*
D007328:Insulin; D006003:Glycogen; D024981:Glycogen Phosphorylase; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D005947:Glucose; D008239:Lysine