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Mobile phases were as follows: buffer A, 95:5 water:acetonitrile with 0.2% ammonium hydroxide and 10 mM ammonium acetate; buffer B, acetonitrile. The LC gradient initiated at 100% B with a flow rate of 0.2 mL/min from 0 to 2 min. The gradient was then linearly increased to 50% A/50% B at a flow rate of 0.7 mL/min from 2 to 20 min. From 20 to 25 min, the gradient was maintained at 50% A/50% B at a flow rate of 0.7 mL/min.&lt;/p></chromatography_protocol><publication>PTER is a N-acetyltaurine hydrolase that regulates feeding and obesity. 10.1038/s41586-024-07801-6. PMID:39112712</publication><submitter_name>Wei Wei</submitter_name><submitter_affiliation>Stanford University</submitter_affiliation><organism_part>lung</organism_part><organism_part>kidney</organism_part><organism_part>quadriceps</organism_part><organism_part>intestine</organism_part><organism_part>blood plasma</organism_part><organism_part>brown adipose tissue</organism_part><organism_part>white adipose tissue</organism_part><organism_part>spleen</organism_part><organism_part>liver</organism_part><organism_part>pancreas</organism_part><organism_part>brain</organism_part><organism_part>heart</organism_part><technology_type>mass spectrometry</technology_type><disease></disease><extraction_protocol>&lt;p>Metabolites were extracted with 1:2:1 (tissue:ACN:methonal) and spun down at 20,000 rpm for 1 h. Supernatant was collected and injected into a LC-MS.&lt;/p></extraction_protocol><organism>Mus musculus</organism><full_dataset_link>https://www.ebi.ac.uk/metabolights/MTBLS10408</full_dataset_link><author>Wei Wei. Stanford University. 290 Jane Stanford Way, Palo Alto, CA, USA 94305. wwbiomed@stanford.edu.</author><author>Jonathan Long. Stanford University. 290 Jane Stanford Way, Palo Alto, California, USA 94305. jzlong@stanford.edu.</author><data_transformation_protocol>&lt;p>Data were stored as Agilent .d files and analyzed using the Agilent Qualitative Analysis 10.0 software.&lt;/p></data_transformation_protocol><study_factor>Tissue</study_factor><study_factor>Genotype</study_factor><submitter_email>wwbiomed@stanford.edu</submitter_email><sample_collection_protocol>&lt;p>Tissues were collected from mice and stored immediately at -80 °C for future use.&lt;/p></sample_collection_protocol><omics_type>Metabolomics</omics_type><study_design>Hydrolase</study_design><study_design>taurine</study_design><study_design>untargeted metabolites</study_design><study_design>obesity</study_design><curator_keywords>Hydrolase</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>taurine</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>untargeted metabolites</curator_keywords><curator_keywords>obesity</curator_keywords><mass_spectrometry_protocol>&lt;p>Metabolite measurements were performed using an Agilent 6520 Quadrupole time-of-flight LC–MS instrument as previously described[29]. MS analysis was performed using electrospray ionization (ESI) in negative mode. The dual ESI source parameters were configured as follows: the gas temperature was maintained at 250 °C with a drying gas flow of 12 L/min and the nebulizer pressure at 20 psi; the capillary voltage was set to 3500 V; and the fragmentor voltage set to 100 V.&lt;/p></mass_spectrometry_protocol><pubmed_abstract>Taurine is a conditionally essential micronutrient and one of the most abundant amino acids in humans&lt;sup>1-3&lt;/sup>. In endogenous taurine metabolism, dedicated enzymes are involved in the biosynthesis of taurine from cysteine and in the downstream metabolism of secondary taurine metabolites&lt;sup>4,5&lt;/sup>. One taurine metabolite is N-acetyltaurine&lt;sup>6&lt;/sup>. Levels of N-acetyltaurine are dynamically regulated by stimuli that alter taurine or acetate flux, including endurance exercise&lt;sup>7&lt;/sup>, dietary taurine supplementation&lt;sup>8&lt;/sup> and alcohol consumption&lt;sup>6,9&lt;/sup>. 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 enzyme phosphotriesterase-related (PTER)&lt;sup>10&lt;/sup> is a physiological N-acetyltaurine hydrolase. In vitro, PTER catalyses the hydrolysis of N-acetyltaurine to taurine and acetate. In mice, PTER is expressed in the kidney, liver and brainstem. Genetic ablation of Pter in mice results in complete loss of tissue N-acetyltaurine hydrolysis activity and a systemic increase in N-acetyltaurine levels. After stimuli that increase taurine levels, Pter knockout mice exhibit reduced food intake, resistance to diet-induced obesity and improved glucose homeostasis. Administration of N-acetyltaurine to obese wild-type mice also reduces food intake and body weight in a GFRAL-dependent manner. These data place PTER into a central enzymatic node of secondary taurine metabolism and uncover a role for PTER and N-acetyltaurine in body weight control and energy balance.</pubmed_abstract><pubmed_title>PTER is a N-acetyltaurine hydrolase that regulates feeding and obesity.</pubmed_title><pubmed_authors>Wei Wei W, Lyu Xuchao X, Markhard Andrew L AL, Fu Sipei S, Mardjuki Rachel E RE, Cavanagh Peter E PE, Zeng Xianfeng X, Rajniak Jakub J, Lu Nannan N, Xiao Shuke S, Zhao Meng M, Moya-Garzon Maria Dolores MD, Truong Steven D SD, Chou Jonathan Chiu-Chun JC, Wat Lianna W LW, Chidambaranathan-Reghupaty Saranya S, Coassolo Laetitia L, Xu Duo D, Shen Fangfang F, Huang Wentao W, Ramirez Cuauhtemoc B CB, Jang Cholsoon C, Li Lingyin L, Svensson Katrin J KJ, Fischbach Michael A MA, Long Jonathan Z JZ</pubmed_authors></additional><is_claimable>false</is_claimable><name>PTER is an N-acetyltaurine hydrolase that regulates feeding and obesity</name><description>&lt;p>Taurine is a conditionally essential micronutrient and one of the most abundant amino acids in humans1-3. In endogenous taurine metabolism, dedicated enzymes are involved in biosynthesis of taurine from cysteine as well as the downstream metabolism of secondary taurine metabolites4,5. One such 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 consumption6,9. To date, the identity of 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 enzyme PTER (phosphotriesterase-related)10 is a physiologic N-acetyltaurine hydrolase. In vitro, PTER catalyzes degradation of N-acetyltaurine to taurine and acetate. In mice, PTER is expressed in the kidney, liver, and brainstem. Genetic ablation of PTER in mice results in complete loss of tissue N-acetyltaurine hydrolysis activity and systemic elevation of N-acetyltaurine levels. Upon stimuli that increase taurine levels, PTER-KO mice exhibit reduced food intake, resistance to diet-induced obesity, and improved glucose homeostasis. Administration of N-acetyltaurine to obese wild-type mice also reduces food intake and body weight in a GFRAL-dependent manner. These data place PTER into a central enzymatic node of secondary taurine metabolism and uncover a role for PTER and N-acetyltaurine in body weight control and energy balance.&lt;/p></description><dates><publication>2024-09-11</publication><submission>2024-06-11</submission></dates><accession>MTBLS10408</accession><cross_references><pubmed>39112712</pubmed></cross_references></HashMap>