DOI: 10.1002/ame2.70007
Sugar-sensing swodkoreceptors and swodkocrine signaling
Savani Anbalagan
Abstract：Sugars are one of the major metabolites and are essential for nucleic acid synthesis and energy production. In addition, sugars can act as signaling molecules. To study sugar signaling at the systemic level, there is an urgent need to systematically identify sugar-sensing proteins and nucleic acids. I propose the terms "swodkoreceptor" and "swodkocrine signaling," derived from the Polish word "słodki" meaning "sweet," to comprise all sugar-sensing proteins and signaling events, respectively, regardless of their cellular location and signaling domains. This proposal is intended to facilitate the inclusion of proteins such as the Escherichia coli Lacl repressor as an allolactose receptor, human glucokinase regulatory protein (GCKR) as a fructose receptor, and other sugar-binding based allosterically regulated enzymes and transcription factors as sugar-sensing receptors. In addition, enzyme-interacting proteins whose interaction state is regulated by sugar binding have also been proposed as sugar receptors. The systemic study of protein- and nucleic acid-based swodkoreceptors may help to identify organelle-specific swodkoreceptors and to also address receptor duality. The study of intra- and inter-organism swodkocrine signaling and its crosstalk with gaso-crine signaling may help to understand the etiology of diseases due to dysregulation in sugar homeostasis and signaling.
Keywords：chemoreceptorglucose sensorglucose receptorglucokinaseglucokinase regulatory protein(GKRP)protocellprotoorganelleprotoreceptorreceptor dualityreceptor multimodalityriboceptorribozymesugar receptorsugar sensortaste receptorenzyme receptor du
Publication Date：2025-03-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：18( 944-961 )