âThatâs something we can test. If it does, caspase-1 inhibitors mightâand I emphasize mightâbecome a component of a curative cocktail.â G. Doitsh et al., âCell death by pyroptosis drives CD4 T-cell depletion in HIV-1 infection,â Nature, doi:10.1038/nature12940, 2013.
Decades ago it was believed that a cascade of enzymes controls the activity of HMG-CoA reductase: an HMG-CoA reductase kinase was thought to inactivate the enzyme, and the kinase in turn was held to be activated via phosphorylation by HMG-CoA reductase kinase kinase.
As a phosphoprotein phosphatase, insulin dephosphorylates the enzyme, thus activating the PFK-2 and inhibiting the FBPase-2 activities. With additional Fru-2,6- P 2 present, activation of PFK-1 occurs to stimulate glycolysis while inhibiting gluconeogenesis.he breakdown of Fru-2,6- P 2 is catalyzed by dephosphorylation by FBPase-2 to produce Fructose 6-phosphate and P i.