Functional cross-talk between allosteric effects of activating and inhibiting ligands underlies PKM2 regulation

  1. Jamie A Macpherson
  2. Alina Theisen
  3. Laura Masino
  4. Louise Fets
  5. Paul C Driscoll
  6. Vesela Encheva
  7. Ambrosius P Snijders
  8. Stephen R. Martin
  9. Jens Kleinjung
  10. Perdita E Barran
  11. Franca Fraternali  Is a corresponding author
  12. Dimitrios Anastasiou  Is a corresponding author
  1. The Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom
  2. University of Manchester, United Kingdom
  3. King's College London, United Kingdom

Abstract

Several enzymes can simultaneously interact with multiple intracellular metabolites, however, how the allosteric effects of distinct ligands are integrated to coordinately control enzymatic activity remains poorly understood. We addressed this question using, as a model system, the glycolytic enzyme pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2). We show that the PKM2 activator fructose 1,6-bisphosphate (FBP) alone promotes tetramerisation and increases PKM2 activity, but addition of the inhibitor L-phenylalanine (Phe) prevents maximal activation of FBP-bound PKM2 tetramers. We developed a method, AlloHubMat, that uses eigenvalue decomposition of mutual information derived from molecular dynamics trajectories to identify residues that mediate FBP-induced allostery. Experimental mutagenesis of these residues identified PKM2 variants in which activation by FBP remains intact but cannot be attenuated by Phe. Our findings reveal residues involved in FBP-induced allostery that enable the integration of allosteric input from Phe and provide a paradigm for the coordinate regulation of enzymatic activity by simultaneous allosteric inputs.

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  1. Jamie A Macpherson

    Cancer Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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  2. Alina Theisen

    Michael Barber Centre for Collaborative Mass Spectrometry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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  3. Laura Masino

    Structural Biology Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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  4. Louise Fets

    Cancer Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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  5. Paul C Driscoll

    Metabolomics Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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  6. Vesela Encheva

    Proteomics Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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  7. Ambrosius P Snijders

    Proteomics Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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  8. Stephen R. Martin

    Structural Biology Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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  9. Jens Kleinjung

    Computational Biology Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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  10. Perdita E Barran

    Michael Barber Centre for Collaborative Mass Spectrometry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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  11. Franca Fraternali

    Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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    franca.fraternali@kcl.ac.uk
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  12. Dimitrios Anastasiou

    Cancer Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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    dimitrios.anastasiou@crick.ac.uk
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Funding

Cancer Research UK (FC001033)

  • Dimitrios Anastasiou

Wellcome (FC001033)

  • Dimitrios Anastasiou

Medical Research Council (FC001033)

  • Dimitrios Anastasiou

Francis Crick Institute (FC001033)

  • Dimitrios Anastasiou

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2019, Macpherson et al.

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  1. Jamie A Macpherson
  2. Alina Theisen
  3. Laura Masino
  4. Louise Fets
  5. Paul C Driscoll
  6. Vesela Encheva
  7. Ambrosius P Snijders
  8. Stephen R. Martin
  9. Jens Kleinjung
  10. Perdita E Barran
  11. Franca Fraternali
  12. Dimitrios Anastasiou
(2019)
Functional cross-talk between allosteric effects of activating and inhibiting ligands underlies PKM2 regulation
eLife 8:e45068.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.45068

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