Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

ATP-citrate lyase promotes axonal transport across species

  • Aviel Even,
  • Giovanni Morelli,
  • Silvia Turchetto,
  • Michal Shilian,
  • Romain Le Bail,
  • Sophie Laguesse,
  • Nathalie Krusy,
  • Ariel Brisker,
  • Alexander Brandis,
  • Shani Inbar,
  • Alain Chariot,
  • Frédéric Saudou,
  • Paula Dietrich,
  • Ioannis Dragatsis,
  • Bert Brone,
  • Loïc Broix,
  • Jean-Michel Rigo,
  • Miguel Weil,
  • Laurent Nguyen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25786-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Microtubule tracks are important for the transport of molecules within axons. Here, the authors show that ATAT1, the enzyme responsible for acetylating a-tubulin, receives acetyl groups from ATP citrate lyase whose stability is regulated by Elongator, a protein mutated in the neuronal disease Familial dysautonomia.