Lac-Phe pathway (WP5239)
Homo sapiens
Lac-Phe is formed by CNDP2 and exported outside the cell, into the blood circulation by ABCC5. It is linked to food intake and obesity, where it is increased after exercise and suppresses food intake.
Authors
Egon WillighagenActivity
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Organisms
Homo sapiensCommunities
Annotations
Pathway Ontology
obesity pathway signaling pathway classic metabolic pathwayLabel | Type | Compact URI | Comment |
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L-phenylalanine | Metabolite | chebi:58095 | |
(S)-lactate | Metabolite | chebi:16651 | |
Lac-Phe | Metabolite | chebi:167456 | |
ABCC5 | GeneProduct | uniprot:O15440 | |
CNDP2 | Protein | uniprot:Q96KP4 |
References
- N-lactoyl-amino acids are ubiquitous metabolites that originate from CNDP2-mediated reverse proteolysis of lactate and amino acids. Jansen RS, Addie R, Merkx R, Fish A, Mahakena S, Bleijerveld OB, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 May 26;112(21):6601–6. PubMed Europe PMC Scholia
- An exercise-inducible metabolite that suppresses feeding and obesity. Li VL, He Y, Contrepois K, Liu H, Kim JT, Wiggenhorn AL, et al. Nature. 2022 Jun;606(7915):785–90. PubMed Europe PMC Scholia