PTER is a N-acetyltaurine hydrolase that regulates feeding and obesity.

ABSTRACT: Taurine is a conditionally essential micronutrient and one of the most abundant amino acids in humans^1-3. In endogenous taurine metabolism, dedicated enzymes are involved in the biosynthesis of taurine from cysteine and in the downstream metabolism of secondary taurine metabolites^4,5. One taurine metabolite is N-acetyltaurine⁶. Levels of N-acetyltaurine are dynamically regulated by stimuli that alter taurine or acetate flux, including endurance exercise⁷, dietary taurine supplementation⁸ and alcohol consumption^6,9. So far, the identities of the enzymes involved in N-acetyltaurine metabolism, and the potential functions of N-acetyltaurine itself, have remained unknown. Here we show that the body mass index associated orphan e

SUBMITTER: Wei W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11374699 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature