Metabolic switches linked to pluripotency and embryonic stem cell differentiation.

Shyh-Chang, Ng; Daley, George Q · Cell Metab · 2015

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Abstract

Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) manifest a unique metabolism that is intimately linked to their pluripotent state. In this issue, Moussaieff et al. (2015) find that ESCs utilize glycolysis to fuel high rates of cytosolic acetyl-CoA synthesis to maintain the histone acetylation required for pluripotency.

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