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Annual Review of Biochemistry

Volume 90, 2021

Short- and Long-Term Adaptation to Altered Levels of Glucose: Fifty Years of Scientific Adventure

Abstract

My graduate and postdoctoral training in metabolism and enzymology eventually led me to study the short- and long-term regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism. In the early phase of my career, my trainees and I identified, purified, and characterized a variety of phosphofructokinase enzymes from mammalian tissues. These studies led us to discover fructose 2,6-P, the most potent activator of phosphofructokinase and glycolysis. The discovery of fructose 2,6-P led to the identification and characterization of the tissue-specific bifunctional enzyme 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase:fructose 2,6-bisphosphatase. We discovered a glucose signaling mechanism by which the liver maintains glucose homeostasis by regulating the activities of this bifunctional enzyme. With a rise in glucose, a signaling metabolite, xylulose 5-phosphate, triggers rapid activation of a specific protein phosphatase (PP2ABδC), which dephosphorylates the bifunctional enzyme, thereby increasing fructose 2,6-P levels and upregulating glycolysis. These endeavors paved the way for us to initiate the later phase of my career in which we discovered a new transcription factor termed the carbohydrate response element binding protein (ChREBP). Now ChREBP is recognized as the masterregulator controlling conversion of excess carbohydrates to storage of fat in the liver. ChREBP functions as a central metabolic coordinator that responds to nutrients independently of insulin. The ChREBP transcription factor facilitates metabolic adaptation to excess glucose, leading to obesity and its associated diseases.

Keyword(s): 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase:fructose 2,6-bisphosphatase, autobiography, bifunctional enzyme, carbohydrate response element binding protein, ChREBP, fructose 2,6-P2, glucose signaling, glycolysis, lipogenesis, phosphofructokinase
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Short- and Long-Term Adaptation to Altered Levels of Glucose: Fifty Years of Scientific Adventure
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