After translation, many newly formed proteins undergo further covalent modifications that alter their functional properties and that are essentially irreversible under physiological conditions in the body. These modifications include the vitamin K-dependent attachment of carboxyl groups to glutamate residues and the conversion of a lysine residue in eIF5A to hypusine, and the conversion of a histidine residue in EEF to diphthamide.
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Hauschka PV, Lian JB, Cole DE, Gundberg CM.; ''Osteocalcin and matrix Gla protein: vitamin K-dependent proteins in bone.''; PubMedEurope PMCScholia
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Selmer T, Hallmann A, Schmidt B, Sumper M, von Figura K.; ''The evolutionary conservation of a novel protein modification, the conversion of cysteine to serinesemialdehyde in arylsulfatase from Volvox carteri.''; PubMedEurope PMCScholia
Collard F, Wiame E, Bergans N, Fortpied J, Vertommen D, Vanstapel F, Delpierre G, Van Schaftingen E.; ''Fructosamine 3-kinase-related protein and deglycation in human erythrocytes.''; PubMedEurope PMCScholia
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Hirota Y, Tsugawa N, Nakagawa K, Suhara Y, Tanaka K, Uchino Y, Takeuchi A, Sawada N, Kamao M, Wada A, Okitsu T, Okano T.; ''Menadione (vitamin K3) is a catabolic product of oral phylloquinone (vitamin K1) in the intestine and a circulating precursor of tissue menaquinone-4 (vitamin K2) in rats.''; PubMedEurope PMCScholia
Vitamin K is a required co-factor in a single metabolic reaction, the gamma-carboxylation of glutamate residues of proteins catalyzed by GGCX (gamma-carboxyglutamyl carboxylase). Substrates of GGCX include blood clotting factors, osteocalcin (OCN), and growth arrest-specific protein 6 (GAS6) (Brenner et al. 1998). Vitamin K is derived from green leafy vegetables as phylloquinone and is synthesized by gut flora as menaquinone-7. These molecules are taken up by intestinal enterocytes with other lipids, packaged into chylomicrons, and delivered via the lymphatic and blood circulation to tissues of the body, notably hepatocytes and osteoblasts, via processes of lipoprotein trafficking (Shearer & Newman 2014; Shearer et al. 2012) described elsewhere in Reactome.
In these tissues, menadiol (reduced vitamin K3) reacts with geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate to form MK4 (vitamin K hydroquinone), the form of the vitamin required as cofactor for gamma-carboxylation of protein glutamate residues (Hirota et al. 2013). The gamma-carboxylation reactions, annotated elsewhere in Reactome as a part of protein metabolism, convert MK4 to its epoxide form, which is inactive as a cofactor. Two related enzymes, VKORC1 and VKORCL1, can each catalyze the reduction of MK4 epoxide to active MK4. VKORC1 activity is essential for normal operation of the blood clotting cascade and for osteocalcin function (Ferron et al. 2015). A physiological function for VKORCL1 has not yet been definitively established (Hammed et al. 2013; Tie et al. 2014).
Diphtheria is a serious, often fatal human disease associated with damage to many tissues. Bacteria in infected individuals, however, are typically confined to the lining of the throat or to a skin lesion; systemic effects are due to the secretion of an exotoxin encoded by a lysogenic bacteriophage. The toxin is encoded as a single polypeptide but is cleaved by host furin-like proteases to yield an aminoterminal fragment A and a carboxyterminal fragment B, linked by a disulfide bond. Toxin cleavage can occur when it first contacts the target cell surface, as annotated here, or as late as the point at which fragment A is released into the cytosol. Fragment B mediates toxin uptake into target cell endocytic vesicles, where acidification promotes a conformational change enabling fragment B to form a channel in the vesicle membrane through which fragment A is extruded into the target cell cytosol. Cleavage of the inter-fragment disulfide bond frees DT fragment A, which catalyzes ADP ribosylation of the translation elongation factor 2 (EEF2) in a target cell, thereby blocking protein synthesis. Neither fragment is toxic to human cells by itself (Collier 1975; Pappenheim 1977; Murphy 2011).
GGCX (gamma glutamyl carboxylase) in the endoplasmic reticulum gamma-carboxylates eleven glutamate residues on PROS1(25-676) (pro-protein S). MK4 (vitamin K hydroquinone) is oxidized to MK4 epoxide in the process (Berkner 2000; Furie et al. 1999; Stenina et al. 2001; Morris et al. 1995).
GGCX (gamma glutamyl carboxylase) in the endoplasmic reticulum gamma-carboxylates ten glutamate residues on F7(21-466) (pro-factor VII). MK4 (vitamin K hydroquinone) is oxidized to MK4 epoxide in the process (Berkner 2000; Furie et al. 1999; Stenina et al. 2001; Morris et al. 1995).
GGCX (gamma glutamyl carboxylase) in the endoplasmic reticulum gamma-carboxylates eight glutamate residues on 3D-PROC(33-197) (pro-protein C light chain). MK4 (vitamin K hydroquinone) is oxidized to MK4 epoxide in the process (Berkner 2000; Furie et al. 1999; Stenina et al. 2001; Morris et al. 1995).
GGCX (gamma glutamyl carboxylase) in the endoplasmic reticulum gamma-carboxylates twelve glutamate residues on 3D-F9(29-461) (pro-factor IX). MK4 (vitamin K hydroquinone) is oxidized to MK4 epoxide in the process (Berkner 2000; Furie et al. 1999; Stenina et al. 2001; Morris et al. 1995; Ware et al. 1989).
GGCX (gamma glutamyl carboxylase) in the endoplasmic reticulum gamma-carboxylates eleven glutamate residues on 3D-F10(32-179) (pro-factor X light chain). MK4 (vitamin K hydroquinone) is oxidized to MK4 epoxide in the process (Berkner 2000; Furie et al. 1999; Stenina et al. 2001; Morris et al. 1995).
GGCX (gamma glutamyl carboxylase) in the endoplasmic reticulum gamma-carboxylates ten glutamate residues on F2(25-622) (pro-prothrombin). MK4 (vitamin K hydroquinone) is oxidized to MK4 epoxide in the process (Berkner 2000; Furie et al. 1999; Stenina et al. 2001; Morris et al. 1995).
Sulfatase-modifying factor 2 (SUMF2, also called C-alpha-formylglycine-generating enzyme 2, pFGE) is the paralogue of SUMF1. While SUMF1 can modify a critical residue on arylsulfatases to confer activity to them, SUMF2 lacks this ability (Mariappan et al. 2005) and instead, SUMF2 can inhibit the action of SUMF1 by dimerising with it (Zito et al. 2005). SUMF2 can interact with sulfatases with and without SUMF1 (Zito et al. 2005).
The sulfatase-modifying factor 1 (SUMF1, also called C-alpha-formylglycine-generating enzyme, FGE) (Preusser-Kunze et al. 2005, Cosma et al. 2003, Landgrebe et al. 2003) oxidises the critical cysteine residue in arylsulfatases to an active site 3-oxoalanine residue thus confering sulfatase activity (Roeser et al. 2006). Defects in SUMF1 cause multiple sulfatase deficiency (MSD) (MIM:272200), an impairment of arylsulfatase activity due to defective post-translational modification of the cysteine residue (Cosma et al. 2003, Dierks et al, 2003). This post-translational modification is thought to be highly conserved in eukaryotes (Selmer et al. 1996, von Figura et al. 1998). SUMF1 is active as either a monomer or a homodimer. A monomer is described in this reaction.
GGCX (gamma glutamyl carboxylase) in the endoplasmic reticulum gamma-carboxylates eleven glutamate residues on GAS6(31-691) (pro-GAS6). MK4 (vitamin K hydroquinone) is oxidized to MK4 epoxide in the process. The details of the gamma-carboxylation of GAS6 have not been determined directly, but are inferred from those worked out for protein S (Manfioletti et al. 1993).
GGCX (gamma glutamyl carboxylase) in the endoplasmic reticulum gamma-carboxylates thirteen glutamate residues on PROZ(24-400) (pro-protein Z). MK4 (vitamin K hydroquinone) is oxidized to MK4 epoxide in the process (Berkner 2000; Furie et al. 1999; Stenina et al. 2001; Morris et al. 1995).
The reaction of EIF5A, spermidine, and NAD+ to form EIF5A(Dhp), 1,3-diaminopropane, and NADH + H+ is reversible in vitro. Under physiological conditions, the reverse reaction is probably minimized by the rapid, irreversible conversion of FIF5A(Dhp) to EIF5A(Hyp).
Cytosolic deoxyhypusine synthase catalyzes the reaction of EIF5A protein, spermidine, and NAD+ to convert lysine-50 of EIF5A to deoxyhypusine, generating 1,3-diaminopropane and NADH + H+ in the process (Park 2006). Although the reaction is reversible, the reverse reaction is probably minimized under physiological conditions by the rapid, irreversible conversion of EIF5A(Dhp) to EIF5A(Hyp).
Cytosolic deoxyhypusine hydroxylase catalyzes the irreversible conversion of peptidyl-deoxyhypusine to peptidyl-hypusine. The only known substrate for this enzyme is the modified lysine at residue 50 of eIF5A (Kang et al. 2007; Kim et al. 2006).
Cytosolic diphthamide biosynthesis protein 6 (DPH6) ligates an ammonium ion to diphthine-EEF2 to generate diphthamide-EEF2 in a reaction coupled to the hydrolysis of ATP to yield AMP and PPi (Su et al. 2012; Uthman et al. 2013; Wei et al. 2013).
Cytosolic diphthamide biosynthesis protein 5 (DPH5) transfers four methyl groups from S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) to elongation factor 2 (EEF2) whose histidine residue at position 715 has been conjugated with a 3-amino 3-carboxypropyl group, forming methylated diphthine EEF2 and S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy). DPH5 activity has been identified in cells of diverse eukaryotic species including humans and has been characterized in detail in budding yeast (Liu et al. 2004; Matteakis et al. 1992; Moehring & Moehring 1988).
The diphthamide biosynthesis protein 2 (DPH2) subunit of the cytosolic DPH1:DPH2:DPH3 complex catalyzes the transfer of a 3-amino-3-carboxypropyl group from S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) to residue 715 of nascent elongation factor 2 (EEF2), forming aminocarboxypropyl EEF2 and S-methylthioadenosine (MTAD). The association of DPH1, 2, and 3 to form a complex is inferred from studies of the homologous yeast proteins (Abdel-Fattah et al. 2013; Bar et al. 2008) and more limited studies of interactions among mouse and human ones (Liu et al. 2004). The identification of DPH2 as the catalytically active subunit of the DPH1:DPH2:DPH3 complex is inferred from the properties of the homologous Pyrococcus horikoshii protein (Zhang et al. 2010). DPH4 (DNAJC24) is needed for the reaction to occur but its exact role is unknown (Liu et al. 2004; Su et al. 2013). DPH3 is an electron donor for DPH1-DPH2 in the first step of diphthamide biosynthesis (Dong et al. 2014).
By analogy to the activity of its experimentally characterized budding yeast homolog (Lin et al. 2014; Schaffrath et al. 2014), cytosolic DPH7 is inferred to catalyze the removal of a methyl group of Me-diphthine EEF2, yielding diphthine EEF2.
Protein-S-isoprenylcysteine O-methyltransferase (ICMT) mediates the post-translational methyl esterification of C-terminal CAAX motifs in prenylated proteins such as the oncoprotein RAS and related GTPases, neutralising the negative charge of prenylcysteine species and thereby determining their subcellular localisation and correct biological function (Wright et al. 2009, Yang et al. 2011). ICMT may serve as a therapeutic target in cancer development (Lau et al. 2014, Diver et al. 2014).
Proteins can undergo chemical modifications such as glycation, which occurs when glucose and other free aldoses spontaneously react with N-terminal and eta-amino groups of proteins to form Schiff bases, which slowly rearrange to ketosamines or, if the sugar was glucose, fructosamines. Fructosamines can further react slowly and become advanced glycation end products, which are thought to play a role in the pathophysiology of several disorders, especially diabetic complications. Ketosamine-3-kinase (FN3K) and ketosamine-3-kinase-related protein (FN3KRP) can phosphorylate protein-bound or free ketosamines on the third carbon of the sugar moiety and the resultant, unstable ketosamine 3-phosphates decompose under physiological conditions (a process called deglycation). Both enzymes can 3-phosphorylate psicosamines (PsiAm) and ribulosamines (RibAm) (Collard et al. 2003, 2004), but only FN3K can 3-phosphorylate fructosamines (FruAm) as well.
Proteins can undergo chemical modifications such as glycation, which occurs when glucose and other free aldoses spontaneously react with N-terminal and eta-amino groups of proteins to form Schiff bases, which slowly rearrange to ketosamines or, if the sugar is glucose, fructosamines. Fructosamines can further react slowly and become advanced glycation end products, which are thought to play a role in the pathophysiology of several disorders, especially diabetic complications. Ketosamine-3-kinase (FN3K) and ketosamine-3-kinase-related protein (FN3KRP) can phosphorylate protein-bound or free ketosamines on the third carbon of the sugar moiety and the resultant, unstable ketosamine 3-phosphates decompose under physiological conditions (a process called deglycation). Both enzymes can 3-phosphorylate psicosamines (PsiAm) and ribulosamines (RibAm), but only FN3K can 3-phosphorylate fructosamines (FruAm) as well (Delpierre et al. 2000, 2004).
GGCX (gamma glutamyl carboxylase) in the endoplasmic reticulum gamma-carboxylates three glutamate residues on BGLAP(24-100) (pro-osteocalcin). MK4 (vitamin K hydroquinone) is oxidized to MK4 epoxide in the process (Berkner 2000; Ferron et al. 2015; Furie et al. 1999; Hauschka et al. 1989; Morris et al. 1995; oser et al. 1980; Stenina et al. 2001).
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In these tissues, menadiol (reduced vitamin K3) reacts with geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate to form MK4 (vitamin K hydroquinone), the form of the vitamin required as cofactor for gamma-carboxylation of protein glutamate residues (Hirota et al. 2013). The gamma-carboxylation reactions, annotated elsewhere in Reactome as a part of protein metabolism, convert MK4 to its epoxide form, which is inactive as a cofactor. Two related enzymes, VKORC1 and VKORCL1, can each catalyze the reduction of MK4 epoxide to active MK4. VKORC1 activity is essential for normal operation of the blood clotting cascade and for osteocalcin function (Ferron et al. 2015). A physiological function for VKORCL1 has not yet been definitively established (Hammed et al. 2013; Tie et al. 2014).
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