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Akt phosphorylation and regulation of transketolase is a nodal point for amino acid control of purine synthesis.


ABSTRACT: The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway integrates environmental clues to regulate cell growth and survival. We showed previously that depriving cells of a single essential amino acid rapidly and reversibly arrests purine synthesis. Here we demonstrate that amino acids via mammalian target of rapamycin 2 and IκB kinase regulate Akt activity and Akt association and phosphorylation of transketolase (TKT), a key enzyme of the nonoxidative pentose phosphate pathway (PPP). Akt phosphorylates TKT on Thr382, markedly enhancing enzyme activity and increasing carbon flow through the nonoxidative PPP, thereby increasing purine synthesis. Mice fed a lysine-deficient diet for 2 days show decreased Akt activity, TKT activity, and purine synthesis in multiple organs. These results provide a mechanism whereby Akt coordinates amino acid availability with glucose utilization, purine synthesis, and RNA and DNA synthesis.

SUBMITTER: Saha A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4104231 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Akt phosphorylation and regulation of transketolase is a nodal point for amino acid control of purine synthesis.

Saha Arindam A   Connelly Stephen S   Jiang Jingjing J   Zhuang Shunhui S   Amador Deron T DT   Phan Tony T   Pilz Renate B RB   Boss Gerry R GR  

Molecular cell 20140626 2


The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway integrates environmental clues to regulate cell growth and survival. We showed previously that depriving cells of a single essential amino acid rapidly and reversibly arrests purine synthesis. Here we demonstrate that amino acids via mammalian target of rapamycin 2 and IκB kinase regulate Akt activity and Akt association and phosphorylation of transketolase (TKT), a key enzyme of the nonoxidative pentose phosphate pathway (PPP). Akt phosphoryl  ...[more]

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