Deacetylation of K126 on GKRP by Sirt2 facilitates GK−GKRP dissociation and hepatocyte glucose uptake. a, b Comparison of the acetylation levels of wild-type (WT) GKRP, eight GKRP Lys-to-Arg mutants (a), and eight GKRP Lys-to-Gln mutants (b) in HEK293 cells expressing Flag-tagged Sirt2 or not. c The acetylation levels of GKRP in primary hepatocytes derived from db/db mice transfected with adenovirus encoding Flag-tagged GKRP-wild-type (Flag-GKRP-WT) or Flag-tagged GKRP-K126R (Flag-GKRP-K126R). Endo. endogenous GKRP, Exo. exogenous GKRP. d Effect of Sirt2 knockdown on glucokinase (GK)−GKRP binding in primary hepatocytes transfected with adenovirus encoding HA-tagged GK (HA-GK) and Flag-GKRP-WT or Flag-GKRP-K126R in low- and high-glucose medium. e Effect of nicotinamide (NAM) on GK−GKRP binding in mouse primary hepatocytes transfected with adenovirus encoding GK and Flag-GKRP-WT or Flag-GKRP-K126R in high-glucose medium. f, g Effect of Sirt2 knockdown (f) or NAM (g) on 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) uptake in mouse primary hepatocytes transfected with adenovirus vector encoding Flag-GKRP-WT or Flag-GKRP-K126R (n = 4). h Immunoprecipitation and immunoblot analysis of GK−GKRP binding in db/db mouse primary hepatocytes transfected with adenovirus encoding HA-GK and Flag-GKRP-WT or Flag-GKRP-K126R in low- and high-glucose medium. i, j NAD+ (i) and 2-DG uptake (j) levels in db/db mouse primary hepatocytes transfected with adenovirus vector encoding Flag-GKRP-WT and Flag-GKRP-K126R (n = 5). k, l Effect of Sirt2 knockdown (k) and NAM (l) on GK−GKRP binding in primary hepatocytes transfected with adenovirus vectors encoding HA-GK or GK and Flag-GKRP-WT or Flag-tagged GKRP-K126Q (Flag-GKRP-K126Q) in high-glucose medium. m, n Effect of Sirt2 knockdown (m) or NAM (n) on 2-DG uptake in primary hepatocytes transfected with adenovirus vectors encoding Flag-GKRP-WT or Flag-GKRP-K126Q (n = 4). *P < 0.05; one-way ANOVA with the Fisher’s PLSD post-hoc test (f, g, m, n) and Student’s t-test (i, j). Data in a–e, h, k, l are representative of at least three independent experiments. Error bars show s.e.m