Inositol pyrophosphates as versatile metabolic messengers

L Nagpal, S He, F Rao, SH Snyder - Annual review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Discovered in 1993, inositol pyrophosphates are evolutionarily conserved signaling
metabolites whose versatile modes of action are being increasingly appreciated. These …

Intimate connections: Inositol pyrophosphates at the interface of metabolic regulation and cell signaling

SB Shears - Journal of cellular physiology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Inositol pyrophosphates are small, diffusible signaling molecules that possess the most
concentrated three‐dimensional array of phosphate groups in Nature; up to eight …

Flux regulation through glycolysis and respiration is balanced by inositol pyrophosphates in yeast

N Qin, L Li, X Ji, R Pereira, Y Chen, S Yin, C Li, X Wan… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Although many prokaryotes have glycolysis alternatives, it's considered as the only energy-
generating glucose catabolic pathway in eukaryotes. Here, we managed to create a hybrid …

The inositol hexakisphosphate kinases IP6K1 and-2 regulate human cellular phosphate homeostasis, including XPR1-mediated phosphate export

MS Wilson, HJ Jessen, A Saiardi - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 - ASBMB
Phosphate's central role in most biochemical reactions in a living organism requires
carefully maintained homeostasis. Although phosphate homeostasis in mammals has long …

[HTML][HTML] Versatile signaling mechanisms of inositol pyrophosphates

MN Trung, D Furkert, D Fiedler - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Inositol pyrophosphates (PP-InsPs) constitute a group of highly charged messengers, which
regulate central biological processes in health and disease, such as cellular phosphate and …

Phosphate homeostasis− a vital metabolic equilibrium maintained through the INPHORS signaling pathway

S Austin, A Mayer - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cells face major changes in demand for and supply of inorganic phosphate (Pi). Pi is often a
limiting nutrient in the environment, particularly for plants and microorganisms. At the same …

Inositol pyrophosphate catabolism by three families of phosphatases regulates plant growth and development

F Laurent, SM Bartsch, A Shukla, F Rico-Resendiz… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Inositol pyrophosphates (PP-InsPs) are nutrient messengers whose cellular levels are
precisely regulated. Diphosphoinositol pentakisphosphate kinases (PPIP5Ks) generate the …

IP8: A quantitatively minor inositol pyrophosphate signaling molecule that punches above its weight

C Gu, X Li, G Zong, H Wang, SB Shears - Advances in Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
The inositol pyrophosphates (PP-IPs) are specialized members of the wider inositol
phosphate signaling family that possess functionally significant diphosphate groups. The PP …

A structural exposé of noncanonical molecular reactivity within the protein tyrosine phosphatase WPD loop

H Wang, L Perera, N Jork, G Zong, AM Riley… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Structural snapshots of protein/ligand complexes are a prerequisite for gaining atomic level
insight into enzymatic reaction mechanisms. An important group of enzymes has been …

Genome-wide functional analysis of phosphatases in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

JH Jin, KT Lee, J Hong, D Lee, EH Jang, JY Kim… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Phosphatases, together with kinases and transcription factors, are key components in
cellular signalling networks. Here, we present a systematic functional analysis of the …