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Non-random organization of flux control mechanisms in yeast central metabolic pathways

Yu, R.; Vorontsov, E.; Sihlbom, C.; Nielsen, J.

2021-12-16 systems biology
10.1101/2021.12.15.472747 bioRxiv
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Metabolic flux can be regulated by a variety of different mechanisms, but the organization of these mechanisms within the metabolic network has remained unknown. Here we test the hypothesis that flux control mechanisms are not distributed randomly in the metabolic network, but rather organized according to pathway. Combining proteomics, phosphoproteomics, and metabolic modeling, we report the largest collection of flux-enzyme-phosphoenzyme relationships to date in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In support of the hypothesis, we show that (i) amino acid metabolic pathways are predominantly regulated by enzyme abundance stemming from transcriptional regulation; (ii) upper glycolysis and associated pathways, by inactivating enzyme phosphorylation; (iii) lower glycolysis and associated pathways, by activating enzyme phosphorylation; and (iv) glycolipid/glycophospholipid pathways, by a combination of enzyme phosphorylation and metabolic compartmentalization. We delineate the evolutionary history for the observed organization of flux control mechanisms in yeast central metabolic pathways, furthering our understanding of the regulation of metabolism and its evolution.

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