LPIN1

UniProt ID: Q14693
Organism: Homo sapiens
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Gene Description

LPIN1 encodes lipin-1, a Mg2+-dependent phosphatidate phosphatase (PAP1; EC 3.1.3.4) that catalyzes the penultimate step of glycerolipid synthesis, the dephosphorylation of phosphatidic acid (PA) to diacylglycerol (DAG) plus inorganic phosphate. DAG produced by lipin-1 is the shared precursor for triacylglycerol and for the glycerophospholipids phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine, so lipin-1 sits at a branch point controlling both neutral-lipid storage and membrane-phospholipid production. Lipin-1 belongs to the lipin family, has a haloacid dehalogenase (HAD)-like catalytic domain bearing the DxDxT motif, and is not an integral membrane protein; it is largely cytosolic and translocates onto the endoplasmic reticulum (and nuclear) membrane surface to act on its lipid substrate, with membrane association governed by its phosphorylation state (mTOR-dependent phosphorylation being inhibitory) and by KAT5/Tip60-mediated acetylation. Lipin-1 is bifunctional: beyond its enzymatic role it acts in the nucleus as a transcriptional coactivator/corepressor of lipid-metabolism genes, notably in the PGC-1alpha/PPARalpha regulatory pathway. It is most abundant in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue. Biallelic loss-of-function LPIN1 mutations cause recurrent acute myoglobinuria (severe childhood rhabdomyolysis), and in mouse the orthologous gene (fld) underlies lipodystrophy.

Proposed New Ontology Terms

diacylglycerol biosynthetic process

Definition: Existing term GO:0006651 (diacylglycerol biosynthetic process) should be added as an involved_in annotation for LPIN1; lipin-1 directly generates diacylglycerol by dephosphorylating phosphatidic acid.

Justification: Lipin-1's immediate catalytic product is diacylglycerol; capturing the DAG biosynthetic process (in addition to the downstream triglyceride biosynthetic process) would more precisely represent the enzyme's direct metabolic output.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0005634 nucleus
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Lipin-1 has a documented nuclear pool where it acts as a transcriptional coregulator; the founding fld/lipin paper described it as a nuclear protein. This nuclear localization is real but non-core relative to the PAP enzymatic function on cytosolic/ER membranes.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11138012
The gene (Lpin1) encodes a novel nuclear protein which we have named lipin.
GO:0008195 phosphatidate phosphatase activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Core, correct molecular function. Phylogenetic (IBA) inference of the PAP1 activity that is directly demonstrated for the human protein by multiple experimental studies. Retained as the central function.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
Acts as a magnesium-dependent phosphatidate phosphatase enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of phosphatidic acid to diacylglycerol
GO:0009062 fatty acid catabolic process
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Phylogenetically inferred involvement in fatty acid catabolism. Lipin-1's direct catalytic role is in glycerolipid biosynthesis (PA to DAG), not fatty acid breakdown; any link to catabolism is indirect (via the transcriptional coactivation of fatty-acid-oxidation genes in the PGC-1alpha/PPARalpha pathway). Better captured by the transcriptional-coactivator annotations; this direct-catabolism term is peripheral.
GO:0019432 triglyceride biosynthetic process
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Core biological process. Lipin-1 produces the DAG that is the immediate precursor of triacylglycerol; this is directly demonstrated experimentally for the human protein (PMID:29765047) and phylogenetically conserved.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
catalyzes the conversion of phosphatidic acid to diacylglycerol during triglyceride, phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis
GO:0005741 mitochondrial outer membrane
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Lipin-1 can be recruited to the mitochondrial outer membrane and participate in mitochondrial dynamics/proteostasis by locally converting PA to DAG (mTORC1-LIPIN1-YME1L axis lowers mitochondrial PE). This is a genuine but secondary, non-core localization/role.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
Recruited at the mitochondrion outer membrane and is involved in mitochondrial fission by converting phosphatidic acid to diacylglycerol
GO:0003713 transcription coactivator activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Genuine second (moonlighting) function: nuclear lipin-1 acts as a transcriptional coactivator/coregulator in the PGC-1alpha/PPARalpha pathway (LXXIL motif interaction with PPARA). Well supported at the family/ortholog level (By similarity) but direct human evidence is limited, so kept as a non-core function distinct from the primary PAP enzymatic role.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
Acts also as nuclear transcriptional coactivator for PPARGC1A/PPARA regulatory pathway to modulate lipid metabolism gene expression
GO:0032869 cellular response to insulin stimulus
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Lipin-1 activity and localization are regulated by insulin/mTOR signaling (mTOR phosphorylates lipin-1, inactivating it). Being downstream of insulin signaling is a real regulatory context but not a core function of the gene product itself.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
Phosphorylated at multiple sites by mTOR in response to insulin, leading to its inactivation
GO:0045944 positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Consequence of lipin-1's nuclear transcriptional-coactivator activity on lipid-metabolism target genes. Real but non-core (moonlighting nuclear function), consistent with the transcription coactivator activity annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
Acts also as nuclear transcriptional coactivator for PPARGC1A/PPARA regulatory pathway to modulate lipid metabolism gene expression
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: Correct core localization. Lipin-1 translocates from cytosol onto the ER membrane to access its lipid substrate; experimentally supported for the human protein (PMID:29765047) and captured by UniProt subcellular location. IEA mapping is redundant with, and consistent with, the experimental annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
Endoplasmic reticulum membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:29765047}.
GO:0005829 cytosol
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: Correct core localization. Lipin-1 is a soluble (non-integral-membrane) protein predominantly cytosolic in the resting state, translocating to membranes to act; experimentally supported for the human protein.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm, cytosol {ECO:0000269|PubMed:29765047}.
GO:0008195 phosphatidate phosphatase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: Core molecular function, here inferred electronically from RHEA/EC mappings. Directly demonstrated experimentally for the human protein; ACCEPT rather than flag as redundant IEA because this is the gene's own central function.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
Acts as a magnesium-dependent phosphatidate phosphatase enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of phosphatidic acid to diacylglycerol
GO:0031965 nuclear membrane
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Nuclear membrane localization is annotated By similarity (from mouse) and reflects the regulated nuclear/nuclear-envelope pool where lipin-1 is dephosphorylated by the CTDNEP1-CNEP1R1 complex. Real but non-core relative to the cytosol/ER catalytic pool.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
Nucleus membrane {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q91ZP3}.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:32814053
Interactome Mapping Provides a Network of Neurodegenerative ...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Bare "protein binding" from a large-scale yeast two-hybrid neurodegenerative disease interactome screen (LPIN1 was one of ~500 ND-related baits; reported partners include HTT, ATXN10, WFS1). Uninformative about lipin-1's function and not indicative of a specific physiological complex; over-annotation. Not removed per policy for experimental IPI protein-binding annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:32814053
an interactome map that focuses on neurodegenerative disease (ND), connects ~5,000 human proteins via ~30,000 candidate interactions
GO:0031100 animal organ regeneration
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Electronic transfer from a single rat ortholog (Ensembl Compara). Not supported by any human/lipin-1-specific evidence and unrelated to lipin-1's characterized catalytic or transcriptional functions; a peripheral single-ortholog over-annotation.
GO:0031642 negative regulation of myelination
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Electronic transfer from a single rat ortholog. Lipin-1 does have roles in peripheral nerve/Schwann cell lipid metabolism (fld mice have peripheral neuropathy), but this specific "negative regulation of myelination" term is an ortholog-transferred inference without direct human support; peripheral over-annotation.
GO:0032869 cellular response to insulin stimulus
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Duplicate of the IBA cellular-response-to-insulin annotation, here by Ensembl ortholog transfer. Real regulatory context (mTOR/insulin controls lipin-1 phosphorylation) but non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
Phosphorylated at multiple sites by mTOR in response to insulin, leading to its inactivation
GO:1905694 negative regulation of phosphatidic acid biosynthetic process
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: By consuming phosphatidic acid (converting it to DAG), lipin-1 lowers cellular PA levels, so this regulatory term is mechanistically plausible and consistent with the PAP reaction. It is an ortholog-transferred (IEA) restatement of the direct catalytic role; kept as non-core rather than a core function statement, which is better captured by the PAP activity and phosphatidic acid metabolic process.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
catalyzes the conversion of phosphatidic acid to diacylglycerol
GO:0007077 mitotic nuclear membrane disassembly
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-2980766
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome-derived pathway annotation for the nuclear-envelope context in which lipin-1/PAP is dephosphorylated (by CDK1) during mitosis. Lipin-1 PAP1 activity is indeed inhibited by mitotic phosphorylation, but a direct role in executing nuclear membrane disassembly is a pathway-level assertion, not a core lipin-1 function; keep as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18694939
the PAP1 activity of both lipins is inhibited by phosphorylation during mitosis
GO:0019432 triglyceride biosynthetic process
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-75109
ACCEPT
Summary: Core biological process (Reactome "Triglyceride biosynthesis"). Lipin-1 generates DAG, the penultimate intermediate of TAG synthesis. Consistent with the experimental IDA annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29765047
the dephosphorylation of phosphatidic acids (PAs) to form diacylglycerols (DAGs), the penultimate step in TAG synthesis
GO:0008195 phosphatidate phosphatase activity
EXP
PMID:18694939
Temporal and spatial regulation of the phosphatidate phospha...
ACCEPT
Summary: Experimental support for lipin-1 PAP1 activity: siRNA depletion of lipin 1 removes ~86% of cellular Mg2+-dependent PAP1 activity in HeLa cells, identifying it as the major PAP1 enzyme. Core function; ACCEPT.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18694939
lipin 1-depleted extracts show an 86% reduction in the total cellular PAP1 activity, indicating that lipin 1 is the major PAP1 enzyme in these cells
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
EXP
PMID:29765047
Tip60-mediated lipin 1 acetylation and ER translocation dete...
ACCEPT
Summary: Experimentally demonstrated ER-membrane localization: fatty-acid-induced, KAT5/Tip60-dependent acetylation drives cytosol-to-ER translocation of lipin-1 to generate DAG for TAG synthesis. Core localization for catalysis.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29765047
it needs to translocate from cytosol to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membranes, whereby the hydrophobic phospholipids and neutral lipids are synthesized
GO:0008195 phosphatidate phosphatase activity
EXP
PMID:20231281
Characterization of the human LPIN1-encoded phosphatidate ph...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct biochemical characterization of purified human lipin-1 alpha/beta/gamma isoforms as Mg2+/Mn2+-dependent PA phosphatases with defined kinetics. Strong core-function evidence; ACCEPT.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20231281
PA phosphatase activities of the alpha, beta, and gamma isoforms were dependent on Mg(2+) or Mn(2+) ions at pH 7.5 at 37 degrees C.
GO:0008195 phosphatidate phosphatase activity
EXP
PMID:39577771
The antidepressant drug sertraline is a novel inhibitor of y...
ACCEPT
Summary: Human lipin-1 (alpha/beta/gamma) PAP activity confirmed and characterized as an inhibitor target (sertraline, propranolol). Reinforces the core PAP molecular function; ACCEPT.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:39577771
Sertraline also inhibited the PAP activity of human lipin 1
GO:0031965 nuclear membrane
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Nuclear-membrane localization inferred from the mouse ortholog (Q91ZP3). Reflects the regulated nuclear/nuclear-envelope pool; real but non-core relative to the cytosol/ER catalytic pool. Duplicate of the IEA nuclear membrane annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
Nucleus membrane {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q91ZP3}.
GO:0008195 phosphatidate phosphatase activity
IDA
PMID:23426360
Phosphorylation of lipin 1 and charge on the phosphatidic ac...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct assay of lipin-1 PAP activity (PA/PE micelle assay) and its regulation by phosphorylation and PA head-group charge. Core molecular function; ACCEPT.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23426360
The lipin gene family encodes a class of Mg(2+)-dependent phosphatidic acid phosphatases involved in the de novo synthesis of phospholipids and triglycerides.
GO:0008195 phosphatidate phosphatase activity
IDA
PMID:31695197
Lipid signalling drives proteolytic rewiring of mitochondria...
ACCEPT
Summary: LIPIN1 PAP activity acting on mitochondrial membrane lipids (lowering PE) in the mTORC1-LIPIN1-YME1L axis. Direct evidence for the core PAP function; ACCEPT.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:31695197
a lipid signalling cascade via the phosphatidic acid phosphatase LIPIN1, which decreases phosphatidylethanolamine levels in mitochondrial membranes
GO:0046337 phosphatidylethanolamine metabolic process
IDA
PMID:23426360
Phosphorylation of lipin 1 and charge on the phosphatidic ac...
ACCEPT
Summary: Lipin-1 acts in phosphatidylethanolamine metabolism because the DAG it produces is the precursor for PE (and PC) synthesis, and the in-vitro assay here specifically uses PA/PE mixtures. Genuine downstream metabolic role; ACCEPT as a (non-primary) biological process.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23426360
Mg(2+)-dependent phosphatidic acid phosphatases involved in the de novo synthesis of phospholipids and triglycerides
GO:0046337 phosphatidylethanolamine metabolic process
IDA
PMID:31695197
Lipid signalling drives proteolytic rewiring of mitochondria...
ACCEPT
Summary: Directly supported: LIPIN1 activity decreases phosphatidylethanolamine levels in mitochondrial membranes, placing it in PE metabolism. ACCEPT.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:31695197
which decreases phosphatidylethanolamine levels in mitochondrial membranes and promotes proteolysis
GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
IDA
PMID:29765047
Tip60-mediated lipin 1 acetylation and ER translocation dete...
ACCEPT
Summary: Experimentally supported active site of catalysis: lipin-1 translocates to the ER to generate DAG for lipid synthesis. Core localization; ACCEPT.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29765047
it needs to translocate from cytosol to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membranes, whereby the hydrophobic phospholipids and neutral lipids are synthesized
GO:0005829 cytosol
IDA
PMID:29765047
Tip60-mediated lipin 1 acetylation and ER translocation dete...
ACCEPT
Summary: Experimentally supported cytosolic localization (the resting/soluble pool before membrane translocation). Consistent with lipin-1 being a non-integral-membrane protein. Core; ACCEPT.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18694939
lipin 1-HA shows a predominantly cytosolic staining
GO:0008195 phosphatidate phosphatase activity
IDA
PMID:29765047
Tip60-mediated lipin 1 acetylation and ER translocation dete...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct evidence for lipin-1 PAP activity (generating DAG at the ER for TAG synthesis). Core molecular function; ACCEPT.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29765047
endoplasmic reticulum translocation of
GO:0019432 triglyceride biosynthetic process
IDA
PMID:29765047
Tip60-mediated lipin 1 acetylation and ER translocation dete...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct experimental evidence that lipin-1 acetylation/ER translocation determines the rate of triacylglycerol synthesis. Core biological process; ACCEPT.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29765047
to generate diacylglycerol for TAG
GO:0120162 positive regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis
ISS
PMID:23028044
Cell autonomous lipin 1 function is essential for developmen...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Inferred from the mouse ortholog: cell-autonomous lipin-1 is required for brown adipose tissue development/function (UCP1, PGC-1alpha, altered cold sensitivity). A genuine but tissue/physiology-level role that is downstream of lipin-1's lipid-metabolic and transcriptional functions; non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23028044
Loss of lipin 1 also affected BAT development and function, as revealed by histological changes, defects in the expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha), PGC-1alpha, and UCP1, and functionally by altered cold sensitivity.
GO:0005635 nuclear envelope
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-4419948
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome localization for the nuclear-envelope pool where lipin-1 (PAP) is dephosphorylated by the CTDNEP1:CNEP1R1 complex. Real but non-core relative to the cytosol/ER catalytic pool.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
Dephosphorylated by the CTDNEP1-CNEP1R1 complex
GO:0005635 nuclear envelope
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-5195402
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Duplicate Reactome nuclear-envelope localization (CDK1 phosphorylates LPIN reaction context). Non-core, as above.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
Dephosphorylated by the CTDNEP1-CNEP1R1 complex
GO:0005635 nuclear envelope
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-5221130
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Duplicate Reactome nuclear-envelope localization tied to the PA-to-DAG conversion reaction. Non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
Dephosphorylated by the CTDNEP1-CNEP1R1 complex
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-4419948
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome nucleoplasm localization, consistent with the nuclear pool of lipin-1 (transcriptional coregulation and regulated dephosphorylation). Non-core relative to the cytosol/ER catalytic pool.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11138012
The gene (Lpin1) encodes a novel nuclear protein which we have named lipin.
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-5195402
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Duplicate Reactome nucleoplasm localization. Non-core, as above.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11138012
The gene (Lpin1) encodes a novel nuclear protein which we have named lipin.
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-1483203
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome ER-membrane localization for the "PA is dephosphorylated to DAG by LPIN" reaction. Core catalytic localization; ACCEPT (consistent with experimental ER annotation).
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
Endoplasmic reticulum membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:29765047}.
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-75899
ACCEPT
Summary: Duplicate Reactome ER-membrane localization tied to the DAG-3-phosphate hydrolysis reaction. Core catalytic localization; ACCEPT.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
Endoplasmic reticulum membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:29765047}.
GO:0005634 nucleus
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Nuclear localization inferred from the mouse ortholog; consistent with lipin-1's nuclear transcriptional-coregulator pool. Real but non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11138012
The gene (Lpin1) encodes a novel nuclear protein which we have named lipin.
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: Cytoplasmic localization inferred from the mouse ortholog; the resting lipin-1 pool is cytosolic. Correct but general; the more specific cytosol (GO:0005829) annotation is experimentally supported. ACCEPT as a core localization.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm, cytosol {ECO:0000269|PubMed:29765047}.
GO:0006642 triglyceride mobilization
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Inferred from the mouse ortholog. Lipin-1's direct enzymatic role is in triacylglycerol/glycerolipid biosynthesis (PA to DAG), not in mobilization (lipolysis) of stored triglyceride. Any influence on TAG mobilization is indirect (via transcriptional coactivation of lipid-oxidation genes); MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED as a direct-involvement claim.
GO:0009062 fatty acid catabolic process
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Duplicate of the IBA fatty-acid-catabolic-process annotation, here by ortholog transfer. Lipin-1's direct catalytic role is biosynthetic; the link to fatty acid catabolism is indirect via its transcriptional coactivation of fatty-acid-oxidation genes. Over-annotation as a direct-involvement claim.
GO:0005634 nucleus
ISS
PMID:11138012
Lipodystrophy in the fld mouse results from mutation of a ne...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Nuclear localization based on the founding fld/lipin paper (which named lipin a nuclear protein) and mouse-ortholog inference. Real but non-core relative to the cytosol/ER catalytic pool. Duplicate of the other nucleus annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11138012
The gene (Lpin1) encodes a novel nuclear protein which we have named lipin.

Core Functions

Mg2+-dependent phosphatidate phosphatase (PAP1) that catalyzes the dephosphorylation of phosphatidic acid to diacylglycerol plus phosphate, the penultimate step of triacylglycerol and glycerophospholipid synthesis.

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:20231281
    PA phosphatase activities of the alpha, beta, and gamma isoforms were dependent on Mg(2+) or Mn(2+) ions at pH 7.5 at 37 degrees C.
  • file:human/LPIN1/LPIN1-uniprot.txt
    Acts as a magnesium-dependent phosphatidate phosphatase enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of phosphatidic acid to diacylglycerol

Produces diacylglycerol at the ER/cytosol membrane surface as the direct precursor for triacylglycerol synthesis; lipin-1 is the rate-determining PAP step of the glycerol-3-phosphate pathway of TAG biosynthesis.

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:29765047
    the dephosphorylation of phosphatidic acids (PAs) to form diacylglycerols (DAGs), the penultimate step in TAG synthesis
  • PMID:29765047
    it needs to translocate from cytosol to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membranes, whereby the hydrophobic phospholipids and neutral lipids are synthesized

The diacylglycerol generated by lipin-1 PAP activity also feeds glycerophospholipid (phosphatidylethanolamine/phosphatidylcholine) metabolism; lipin-1 activity regulates cellular PA and PE levels.

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:31695197
    which decreases phosphatidylethanolamine levels in mitochondrial membranes and promotes proteolysis
  • PMID:23426360
    Mg(2+)-dependent phosphatidic acid phosphatases involved in the de novo synthesis of phospholipids and triglycerides

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Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: Which lipin-1 splice isoforms and post-translational states (phosphorylation, acetylation, sumoylation) predominate in skeletal muscle, and how do they set the muscle rhabdomyolysis threshold in LPIN1 deficiency?

Q: How is the balance between lipin-1's cytosolic/ER PAP pool and its nuclear transcriptional-coregulator pool controlled in human cells, and is the nuclear transcriptional role independent of catalytic activity?

Suggested Experiments

Experiment: Catalytically dead (DxDxT-motif) versus transcription-defective (LXXIL-motif) separation-of-function LPIN1 alleles in human myotubes/adipocytes to partition the PAP enzymatic and transcriptional-coactivator contributions to lipid homeostasis.

Experiment: Quantitative lipidomics (PA, DAG, TAG, PE, PC) after LPIN1 knockout/rescue in human cells to map the flux consequences of loss of lipin-1 PAP activity across the neutral-lipid and phospholipid branches.

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