NATs at a glance

H Aksnes, N McTiernan, T Arnesen - Journal of Cell Science, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
Most proteins receive an acetyl group at the N terminus while in their nascency as the result
of modification by co-translationally acting N-terminal acetyltransferases (NATs). The N …

N-terminal modifications, the associated processing machinery, and their evolution in plastid-containing organisms

T Meinnel, C Giglione - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The N-terminus is a frequent site of protein modifications. Referring primarily to knowledge
gained from land plants, here we review the modifications that change protein N-terminal …

Cotranslational N-degron masking by acetylation promotes proteome stability in plants

E Linster, FL Forero Ruiz, P Miklankova… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
N-terminal protein acetylation (NTA) is a prevalent protein modification essential for viability
in animals and plants. The dominant executor of NTA is the ribosome tethered Nα …

Dual lysine and N‐terminal acetyltransferases reveal the complexity underpinning protein acetylation

WV Bienvenut, A Brünje, JB Boyer… - Molecular Systems …, 2020 - embopress.org
Protein acetylation is a highly frequent protein modification. However, comparatively little is
known about its enzymatic machinery. N‐α‐acetylation (NTA) and ε‐lysine acetylation (KA) …

HYPK promotes the activity of the Nα-acetyltransferase A complex to determine proteostasis of nonAc-X2/N-degron–containing proteins

P Miklánková, E Linster, JB Boyer, J Weidenhausen… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
In humans, the Huntingtin yeast partner K (HYPK) binds to the ribosome-associated N α-
acetyltransferase A (NatA) complex that acetylates~ 40% of the proteome in humans and …

N‐terminal acetylation orchestrates glycolate‐mediated ROS homeostasis to promote rice thermoresponsive growth

X Li, H Tang, T Xu, P Wang, F Ma, H Wei… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate warming poses a significant threat to global crop production and food security.
However, our understanding of the molecular mechanisms governing thermoresponsive …

Evolution-driven versatility of N terminal acetylation in photoautotrophs

C Giglione, T Meinnel - Trends in plant science, 2021 - cell.com
N terminal protein α-acetylation (NTA) is a pervasive protein modification that has recently
attracted renewed interest. Early studies on NTA were mostly conducted in yeast and …

OsHYPK-mediated protein N-terminal acetylation coordinates plant development and abiotic stress responses in rice

X Gong, Y Huang, Y Liang, Y Yuan, Y Liu, T Han, S Li… - Molecular Plant, 2022 - cell.com
N-terminal acetylation is one of the most common protein modifications in eukaryotes, and
approximately 40% of human and plant proteomes are acetylated by ribosome-associated N …

Advances in proteome-wide analysis of plant lysine acetylation

L Xia, X Kong, H Song, Q Han, S Zhang - Plant Communications, 2022 - cell.com
Lysine acetylation (LysAc) is a conserved and important post-translational modification
(PTM) that plays a key role in plant physiological and metabolic processes. Based on …

The Arabidopsis Nα‐acetyltransferase NAA60 locates to the plasma membrane and is vital for the high salt stress response

E Linster, D Layer, WV Bienvenut, TV Dinh… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In humans and plants, N‐terminal acetylation plays a central role in protein homeostasis,
affects 80% of proteins in the cytoplasm and is catalyzed by five ribosome‐associated N …