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. 2018 Dec 3;8(4):160. doi: 10.3390/biom8040160

Table 1.

Summary of metabolism-related enzymes observed to form condensates in bacteria (B), yeast (Y), drosophila (D) and mammals (M). Note that many of these enzymes function as oligomers, an attribute that likely contributes to their ability to form higher-order structures. ADSL: Adenylosuccinate lyase; ATIC: 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide transformylase and inosine monophosphate cyclohydrolase; CAD: carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 2, aspartate transcarbamylase and dihydroorotase; FGAMS: Formylglycinamidine-ribonucleotide synthetase; GART: glycinamide ribotide and aminoimidazole ribotide synthetases; PAICS: Phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase; PPAT: Phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase. Stresses that trigger condensate formation in yeast: Stationary phase (SP), glucose starvation (GS), purine starvation (PS), acidic pH (apH), heat shock (HS) and hypoxia (HY).

Metabolic Functions Enzyme Name Protomer Condensates Yeast References
B Y D M Gene Name Stress Triggering Condensation
Carbohydrate metabolism Glycogen debranching enzyme Gdb1 SP [19]
ATP-dependent 6-phosphofructokinase Tetramer Pfk1/2 SP [19,20,21]
Pyruvate kinase Tetramer Cdc19 SP, GS, HS [11,17]
Enolase Dimer Eno2 HY [22]
Fructose bisphosphate aldolase Fba1 HY [22]
Alcool deshydrogenase Tetramer Adh2 SP [17]
UTP-glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase Dimer to octamer Ugp1 SP [17]
Nucleotide metabolism Pyrimidine synthesis CTP synthase Dimer and tetramer Ura7/8 SP, GS [18,23,24,25,26]
Trifunctional CAD enzyme - Ura2 SP [17]
Adenylosuccinate synthetase Dimer Ade12 SP [17]
De novo purine synthesis PPAT enzyme Tetramer Ade4 SP [17,27]
Trifunctional GART enzyme Dimer Ade5/7 SP, PS [17,25,27,28]
Bifunctional PAICS enzyme Octamer Ade2 - [25,27]
FGAMS enzyme Monomer Ade6 - [17,27,28]
ADSL enzyme Tetramer Ade13 - [27,28]
Bifunctional ATIC enzyme Dimer Ade17 SP, PS [17,27,28]
Fatty acids and Sterol metabolism Acetyl-CoA carboxylase Dimer and tetramer Acc1/2 SP, GS [19,29,30,31,32,33,34,35]
Fatty acid synthase complex - Fas1/2 SP, GS [17,31]
Sterol 3-beta-glucosyltransferase - Ugt51 SP [17]
Amino acids metabolism Asparagine synthetase Dimer Asn1/2 SP [19]
Glutamate synthetase Hexamer Glt1 SP [18,19,36,37,38]
Glutamate dehydrogenase Hexamer Gdh2 SP [19,39]
Glutamine synthetase Decamer Gln1 GS + apH [17,19,38,40]
Glutaminase Tetramer - - [41]
Cystathionine beta-synthase Tetramer Cys4 SP [17]
Metabolism regulator Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 Dimer of heterotetramer TORC1 SP, GS [16]