HIGHLIGHTS - Protein interactions allow functional regulation of homocysteine metabolism - Homocysteine metabolism establishes pathway interplays through protein interactions - Intermolecular interactions within homocysteine metabolism may support substrate channeling - Homocysteine metabolism interaction networks are altered in oncogenesis - Proteins of homocysteine metabolism interact with oncogenes for gene regulation PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS INVOLVING ENZYMES OF THE MAMMALIAN METHIONINE AND HOMOCYSTEINE METABOLISM Francisco Portillo1,2,3,4, Jesús Vázquez5,6, María A. Pajares2,7* 1Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols (CSIC-UAM), Arturo Duperier 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain 2Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPAZ), Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain 3Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Arzobispo Morcillo 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain 4Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. 5Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Melchor Fernández de Almagro 3, 28029 Madrid, Spain. 6CIBER de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Madrid, Spain. 7Departamento de Biología Estructural y Química, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain. *Corresponding author: Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain. (Phone: 34-918373112; FAX: 34-915360432; email:
[email protected]). ABBREVIATIONS: AdoMet, S-adenosylmethionine; AdoHcy, S- adenosylhomocysteine; AHCY, S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase; AP, affinity 1 purification; BHMT and BHMT2, betaine homocysteine S-methyltransferases 1 and 2; CBS, cystathionine b-synthase; CTH, cystathionine g-lyase; GSH and GSSG, glutathione reduced and oxidized forms; Hcy, homocysteine; MAT, methionine adenosyltransferase; MS, mass spectrometry; MTR, methionine synthase; NNMT, nicotinamide N- methyltransferase; PDRG1, p53 and DNA damage-regulated gene 1.