Article ; Online: Characterization of Gfat1 ( zeppelin ) and Gfat2 , Essential Paralogous Genes Which Encode the Enzymes That Catalyze the Rate-Limiting Step in the Hexosamine Biosynthetic Pathway in Drosophila melanogaster
Cells, Vol 11, Iss 448, p
2022 Volume 448
Abstract: The zeppelin ( zep ) locus is known for its essential role in the development of the embryonic cuticle of Drosophila melanogaster . We show here that zep encodes Gfat1 ( Glutamine: Fructose-6-Phosphate Aminotransferase 1 ... CG12449 ), the enzyme that ... ...
| Abstract | The zeppelin ( zep ) locus is known for its essential role in the development of the embryonic cuticle of Drosophila melanogaster . We show here that zep encodes Gfat1 ( Glutamine: Fructose-6-Phosphate Aminotransferase 1 CG12449 ), the enzyme that catalyzes the rate-limiting step in the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway (HBP). This conserved pathway diverts 2%–5% of cellular glucose from glycolysis and is a nexus of sugar (fructose-6-phosphate), amino acid (glutamine), fatty acid [acetyl-coenzymeA (CoA)], and nucleotide/energy (UDP) metabolism. We also describe the isolation and characterization of lethal mutants in the euchromatic paralog, Gfat2 ( CG1345 ), and demonstrate that ubiquitous expression of Gfat1 + or Gfat2 + transgenes can rescue lethal mutations in either gene. Gfat1 and Gfat2 show differences in mRNA and protein expression during embryogenesis and in essential tissue-specific requirements for Gfat1 and Gfat2, suggesting a degree of functional evolutionary divergence. An evolutionary, cytogenetic analysis of the two genes in six Drosophila species revealed Gfat2 to be located within euchromatin in all six species. Gfat1 localizes to heterochromatin in three melanogaster-group species, and to euchromatin in the more distantly related species. We have also found that the pattern of flanking-gene microsynteny is highly conserved for Gfat1 and somewhat less conserved for Gfat2 . |
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| Keywords | Gfat1 ; Gfat2 ; HBP ; hexosamine biosynthesis ; Drosophila heterochromatin ; zeppelin ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Publisher | MDPI AG |
| Document type | Article ; Online |
| Database | BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection) |
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