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ISCIENCE
Volume 25, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105659
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan [17H06401]
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [19H05640, 21K19067, 22K05397]
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FKBP12 promotes serine utilization, regulates isoleucine biosynthesis, and negatively regulates threonine deaminase Tda1 in fission yeast, playing important roles in amino acid biosynthesis and nitrogen metabolism homeostasis.
FK506-binding protein with a molecular weight of 12 kDa (FKBP12) is a receptor of the immunosuppressive drugs, FK506 and rapamycin. The physiological functions of FKBP12 remain ambiguous because of its nonessentiality and multi-functionality. Here, we show that FKBP12 promotes the utilization of serine as a nitrogen source and regulates the isoleucine biosynthetic pathway in fission yeast. In screening for small molecules that inhibit serine assimilation, we found that the growth of fission yeast cells in medium supplemented with serine as the sole nitrogen source, but not in glutamate-supplemented medium, was suppressed by FKBP12 inhibitors. Knockout of FKBP12 phenocopied the action of these compounds in serine-supplemented medium. Metabolome analyses and genetic screens identified the threonine deaminase, Tda1, to be regulated downstream of FKBP12. Genetic and biochemical analyses unveiled the negative regulation of Tda1 by FKBP12. Our findings reveal new roles of FKBP12 in amino acid biosynthesis and nitrogen metabolism homeostasis.
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