Reversible lysine fatty acylation of an anchoring protein mediates adipocyte adrenergic signaling

RA Bagchi, EL Robinson, T Hu, J Cao… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022National Acad Sciences
N-myristoylation on glycine is an irreversible modification that has long been recognized to
govern protein localization and function. In contrast, the biological roles of lysine
myristoylation remain ill-defined. We demonstrate that the cytoplasmic scaffolding protein,
gravin-α/A kinase–anchoring protein 12, is myristoylated on two lysine residues embedded
in its carboxyl-terminal protein kinase A (PKA) binding domain. Histone deacetylase 11
(HDAC11) docks to an adjacent region of gravin-α and demyristoylates these sites. In brown …
N-myristoylation on glycine is an irreversible modification that has long been recognized to govern protein localization and function. In contrast, the biological roles of lysine myristoylation remain ill-defined. We demonstrate that the cytoplasmic scaffolding protein, gravin-α/A kinase–anchoring protein 12, is myristoylated on two lysine residues embedded in its carboxyl-terminal protein kinase A (PKA) binding domain. Histone deacetylase 11 (HDAC11) docks to an adjacent region of gravin-α and demyristoylates these sites. In brown and white adipocytes, lysine myristoylation of gravin-α is required for signaling via β2- and β3-adrenergic receptors (β-ARs), which are G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs). Lysine myristoylation of gravin-α drives β-ARs to lipid raft membrane microdomains, which results in PKA activation and downstream signaling that culminates in protective thermogenic gene expression. These findings define reversible lysine myristoylation as a mechanism for controlling GPCR signaling and highlight the potential of inhibiting HDAC11 to manipulate adipocyte phenotypes for therapeutic purposes.
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