Table 1 Age-dependent proteomic regulation of nucleotide metabolism enzymes. Table representing enzymes involved in (1) nutrient/ energy metabolism, (2) nucleotide metabolism and (3) B-vitamin metabolism identified by comparative 18O-labeled proteomic analysis of young and aged BAT (n = 5). Proteins were annotated based on their Uniprot accession number53. Identified proteins were clustered depending on their function in the metabolic pathway: (1) pyruvate metabolism, TCA cycle, glycolysis, amino acid metabolism; (2) purine and pyrimidine metabolism; (3) vitamin transport, vitamin B6 metabolism and nicotinamide metabolism. Proteins that were reduced in aged mice were identified based on heavy/light ratios (H/L ratio) < 1, while H/L ratios > 2.5 depicted age-enriched enzymes.

From: Identification of biomarkers of brown adipose tissue aging highlights the role of dysfunctional energy and nucleotide metabolism pathways

Cluster

Metabolic pathway

Protein name (Uniprot accession no.)

Gene symbol

RefSeq ID

Proteomic H/L ratio

Energy metabolism

Pyruvate metabolism

Acyl-CoA Synthetase Short Chain Family Member 2 (A2AQN4)

Acss2

NM_019811

0.88

Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase 2, Mitochondrial (Q8BH04)

Pck2

NM_028994

0.76

Dihydrolipoamide S-Acetyltransferase (Q8BMF4)

Dlat

NM_145614

0.95

Acetyl-CoA Acetyltransferase 2 (Q8CAY6)

Acat2

NM_009338

0.76

Acetyl-CoA Acetyltransferase 1 (Q8QZT1)

Acat1

NM_144784

0.94

TCA Cycle

ATP Citrate Lyase (Q91V92)

Acly

NM_134037

0.96

Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 1 (O88844)

Idh1

NM_001111320

0.84

Glycolysis

Phosphoglycerate Mutase 2 (O70250)

Pgam2

NM_018870

4.12

Hexokinase 1 (G3UVV4)

Hk1

NM_001146100

2.98

Amino acid metabolism

Branched Chain Keto Acid Dehydrogenase E1 Subunit Alpha (Q3U3J1)

Bckdha

NM_007533.5

0.89

Branched Chain Amino Acid Transaminase 2 (D3Z7C8)

Bcat2

NM_001243052

0.97

Nucleotide metabolism

Purine metabolism

Multifunctional protein ADE2 (Q9DCL9)

Paics

NM_001356971

0.52

Phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine synthase (Q5SUR0)

Pfas

NM_001159519

0.54

Phosphoglucomutase-2 (Q7TSV4)

Pgm2

NM_025700

0.70

Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetase 1-like 3 (G3UXL2)

Prps1l3

NM_001037746

0.75

ADP-sugar pyrophosphatase (Nudix Hydrolase 5) (Q9JKX6)

Nudt5

NM_016918

0.80

Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase 3 (Q9WV85)

Nme3

NM_019730

0.38

Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase 1 (P15532)

Nme1

NM_008704

0.43

Inosine-5'-monophosphate dehydrogenase 2 (P24547)

Impdh2

NM_001378921

0.90

Phosphodiesterase 8B (P15532)

Pde8b

NM_001170669

0.11

Phosphodiesterase 4D (F6QFD1)

Pde4d

NM_011056

0.57

AMP deaminase 3 (O08739)

Ampd3

NM_001276301

0.83

Adenosine kinase (P55264)

Adk

NM_134079

0.93

Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase 1 (P00493)

Hprt

NM_013556

0.59

Pyrimidine metabolism

Cytidine/Uridine Monophosphate Kinase 1 (Q9DBP5)

Cmpk1

NM_025647

0.83

Vitamin metabolism

Vitamin transport

Apolipoprotein A1 (Q00623)

Apoa1

NM_009692

0.66

Apolipoprotein A4 (P06728)

Apoa4

NM_007468

0.45

Vitamin B6 metabolism

Pyridoxamine 5'-Phosphate Oxidase (Q91XF0)

Pnpo

NM_146026

0.70

Nicotinamide metabolism

NAD Kinase 2, Mitochondrial (Q8C5H8)

Nadk2

NM_001159637

0.56

Nicotinate Phosphoribosyltransferase (Q8CC86)

Naprt

NM_172607

0.90