Table 1 PTMs by metabolites in cancer.

From: Acyl post-translational modification of proteins by metabolites in cancer cells

Name of modification

Metabolite

Residue modified

Protein targets

References

Lactylation

Lactate

Lysine

MRE11

[24]

NBS1

[25]

p53

[22]

DCBLD1

[26]

cGAS, PKM2, METTL16, HMGB1

[23, 27,28,29]

Histone H3

[30,31,32,33]

Crotonylation

Lysine

Lysine

RPA1

[38]

CANX

[39]

SEPT2

[40]

PGK1, PKM2, GAPDH, HK2, IDH1, ENO1, FASN, GAPDH, Vincullin, etc.

[41]

Histone H3, H4

[35, 42, 43]

Acetylation

Acetate

Lysine

c-MYC

[45]

SP1

[47]

SOX13

[48]

Histone H3

[49]

Palmitoylation

PA

Cysteine

AKT

[58]

PHF2

[59]

cGAS

[61]

PD-L1

[60]

β-catenin, GSDMD, NLRP3, NRAS, STING

[56, 62,63,64,65]

Succinylation

Succinate

Lysine

LACTB

[76]

SUCLG2

[73]

P53

[79]

LDHA

[80]

GAPDH, ME2, IDH2, MDH2, ACOT9, GLS, FBN1, POLRMT, KEAP1

[73, 81,82,83,84]

Histone H3

[75, 78, 85]