Figure 1.

Metabolic Labeling and Workflow. (A) Glucose, acetate, fatty acids, and amino acids produce acetyl-CoA for use in acetylating cytoplasmic and nuclear proteins. The thicker arrows indicate that glucose contributes more to the production of acetyl-coA that subsequently acetylates proteins, compared to acetate. (B) The workflow consisted of growing HeLa cells in heavy-labeled media, collecting samples at eight time points, lysing the cells, digesting the proteins, enriching for acetylated peptides, and analyzing the peptides by mass spectrometry. The Orbitrap image is adapted from Thermo Fisher Scientific⁵⁶. The cartoon cell matter and lab equipment were slightly modified from Servier Medical Art⁵⁷.