{"gene":"PNPLA6","run_date":"2026-06-10T06:43:35","timeline":{"discoveries":[{"year":1999,"finding":"NTE (PNPLA6) was molecularly cloned and shown to contain a novel C-terminal domain conserved from bacteria to humans, with the catalytic serine located within this domain at the center of a helical hydrophobic segment; the protein is unrelated to any known serine hydrolases.","method":"Molecular cloning, sequence analysis, domain characterization","journal":"Chemico-biological interactions","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — molecular cloning with domain analysis in single study; foundational structural characterization","pmids":["10421490"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2000,"finding":"The murine Msws/NTE ortholog is expressed during embryonic development in the respiratory system, epithelial structures, and spinal ganglia; postnatally it is expressed in all brain areas with increasingly restrictive pattern, most prominently in Purkinje cells, granule cells, pyramidal neurons of the hippocampus, and large neurons in the medulla oblongata.","method":"In situ hybridization, Northern blot (expression pattern in mouse development)","journal":"Mechanisms of development","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 3 / Moderate — direct localization by hybridization across developmental stages, single lab","pmids":["10640712"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2003,"finding":"NTE (PNPLA6) activity in hen sciatic nerve exists as two forms: a particulate form (P-NTE, ~40–50% of total in sciatic nerve, >90% in brain) and a soluble form (S-NTE); in vivo, S-NTE is more sensitive to mipafox inhibition than P-NTE despite opposite sensitivity in vitro.","method":"In vivo inhibition assay with mipafox, subcellular fractionation of sciatic nerve and brain","journal":"Toxicology letters","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — direct fractionation and in vivo/in vitro inhibition comparison, single lab","pmids":["8140588"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2003,"finding":"NTE (PNPLA6) is a serine esterase; covalent modification of its active-site serine by organophosphate esters initiates axon degeneration, and simple inhibition without aging of the bound OP does not initiate neuropathy — only OPs that undergo aging produce OPIDN.","method":"In vitro and in vivo enzyme inhibition assays, structure-activity analysis, prophylaxis experiments","journal":"BioEssays","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Strong — established by decades of biochemical assay, dosing experiments, and independent replication across multiple labs","pmids":["12879443","2180130","8343996"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2003,"finding":"Loss of NTE function in Drosophila sws mutants causes massive apoptosis in the brain, and conventional knockout of the NTE gene in mice is embryonic lethal, establishing that NTE has an essential non-esterase developmental function.","method":"Conventional gene knockout (mouse), Drosophila sws mutant genetic analysis","journal":"BioEssays","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Strong — genetic loss-of-function in two model organisms with distinct lethal/degenerative phenotypes, replicated across labs","pmids":["12879443"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2006,"finding":"NTE (PNPLA6) purified from rat brain microsomes is an integral membrane protein of ~155 kDa with serine hydrolase activity; solubilization required phospholipase A2 treatment of microsomes.","method":"Biochemical purification (gel filtration, affinity chromatography), SDS-PAGE, enzyme activity assay","journal":"Life sciences","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Weak — direct in vitro biochemical characterization, single lab","pmids":["16464473"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2012,"finding":"Morpholino knockdown of pnpla6 in zebrafish causes developmental abnormalities and motor neuron defects including axon truncation and branching; these phenotypes were rescued by wild-type but not mutant human PNPLA6 mRNA, and BMP signaling was found to be overactivated in knockdown morphants.","method":"Morpholino knockdown in zebrafish, mRNA rescue experiments, BMP signaling analysis","journal":"Disease models & mechanisms","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — morpholino knockdown with wild-type rescue and pathway epistasis, single lab","pmids":["22996643"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2013,"finding":"PNPLA6 mutations causing Boucher-Neuhäuser and Gordon Holmes syndromes cluster predominantly in the C-terminal phospholipid esterase domain, suggesting these mutations inhibit the catalytic activity of PNPLA6; PNPLA6 provides the precursor (lysophosphatidylcholine→glycerophosphocholine) for acetylcholine biosynthesis.","method":"Whole exome sequencing, structural analysis of mutation clustering in catalytic domain","journal":"Brain","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 3 / Moderate — structural inference from mutation clustering; biochemical pathway assignment supported by prior biochemistry, single study","pmids":["24355708"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2013,"finding":"Silencing Pnpla6 in mouse embryonic stem cells (D3) during differentiation alters 545 genes in pathways including cell migration, vesicle regulation, and cell adhesion, impairing formation of neural, vascular, and respiratory tube structures, consistent with the embryonic lethality of NTE null mice.","method":"siRNA knockdown, microarray gene expression analysis in embryoid bodies","journal":"In vitro cellular & developmental biology","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 3 / Moderate — siRNA knockdown with transcriptomic readout, single lab","pmids":["24142151"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2014,"finding":"Loss-of-function mutations in PNPLA6 (encoding the lysophospholipase NTE that converts lysophosphatidylcholine to glycerophosphocholine) cause Gordon Holmes syndrome; wild-type PNPLA6 but not disease mutants rescued the Drosophila sws neurodegenerative phenotype. Inhibition of NTE activity in gonadotrope LβT2 cells diminished LH response to GnRH by reducing GnRH-stimulated LH exocytosis without affecting GnRH receptor signaling or LHβ synthesis.","method":"Drosophila rescue assay, NTE pharmacological inhibition in LβT2 gonadotrope cell line, LH exocytosis assay","journal":"The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Strong — Drosophila rescue with mutant vs wild-type, plus cell-line inhibition with defined mechanistic readout (LH exocytosis), two orthogonal methods","pmids":["25033069"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2014,"finding":"Organophosphate TOCP treatment of Drosophila causes behavioral deficits and neurodegeneration two weeks post-exposure; TOCP decreases PKA activity in flies and rat hippocampal neurons. SWS (Drosophila PNPLA6 ortholog) acts as a regulatory PKA subunit by binding and inhibiting the C3 catalytic subunit; OP-modified SWS cannot release PKA-C3, causing loss of PKA-C3 activity. Expressing additional PKA-C3 protected against behavioral/degenerative phenotypes, while PKA-C3 knockdown phenocopied TOCP effects.","method":"Drosophila genetics (SWS overexpression/knockdown), PKA activity assay in flies and rat neurons, TOCP treatment, epistasis with PKA-C3","journal":"PloS one","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Strong — multiple orthogonal methods (genetics, biochemistry, pharmacology) in two model systems establishing SWS/NTE as PKA regulatory subunit","pmids":["24558370"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2014,"finding":"Silencing PNPLA6 in human NT2 embryonal carcinoma stem cells reduces NTE enzymatic activity by ~50%, causes ~80% decrease in neuronal cells at 13 DIV, absence of neuronal markers at 66 DIV, reduced electrical activity, and altered neuronal phenotype; microarray analysis showed alterations in neurogenesis and epithelium tube morphogenesis pathways.","method":"siRNA knockdown, NTE enzyme activity assay, immunocytochemistry, electrophysiology, microarray","journal":"Neuroscience","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 3 / Moderate — siRNA knockdown in human cells with multiple phenotypic readouts, single lab","pmids":["25255935"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2015,"finding":"PNPLA6 mutations in Drosophila cause photoreceptor cell death, and lysophosphatidylcholine and lysophosphatidic acid levels are elevated in mutant Drosophila, establishing a role for PNPLA6 in phospholipid homeostasis in photoreceptors.","method":"Drosophila sws/PNPLA6 mutant analysis, lipidomics (LPC and LPA measurement)","journal":"Nature communications","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Strong — genetic loss-of-function with direct lipidomic substrate accumulation in photoreceptors, two orthogonal methods","pmids":["25574898"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2015,"finding":"SWS (Drosophila PNPLA6 ortholog) loss in pseudocartridge glia causes formation of multi-layered glial whorls in the lamina cortex; loss in ensheathing glia impairs glial wrapping of neurons and causes axonal damage and locomotion deficits. This glial phenotype was rescued by SWS or human NTE expression, demonstrating conserved glial function.","method":"Tissue-specific RNAi knockdown in Drosophila glia, behavioral assay, electrophysiology (giant fibre system), confocal microscopy, rescue with human NTE","journal":"Disease models & mechanisms","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Strong — cell-type-specific knockdown with multiple orthogonal readouts (morphology, electrophysiology, behavior) and cross-species rescue","pmids":["26634819"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2015,"finding":"Neuron-specific expression of wild-type human NTE in Drosophila sws5 null mutants reduces vacuole formation and rescues mobility defects, even when induced after 10 days of adult life when significant neurodegeneration has already occurred.","method":"Inducible transgene expression in Drosophila sws mutant, negative geotaxis assay, brain histology","journal":"PloS one","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — rescue genetics with inducible system and multiple behavioral and histological readouts, single lab","pmids":["26671664"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2016,"finding":"NTE/PNPLA6 is expressed in mature Schwann cells, enriched at Schmidt-Lanterman incisures and around the nucleus; expression is absent in promyelinating Schwann cells but increases with maturation. Conditional GFAP-based knockout of NTE/PNPLA6 causes incomplete ensheathment of Remak fibers by nonmyelinating Schwann cells without affecting myelination, and NTE levels are upregulated after nerve crush.","method":"Immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry of mouse sciatic nerve, GFAP-Cre conditional knockout, electron microscopy","journal":"Glia","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Strong — conditional knockout with defined cellular phenotype plus localization by immunofluorescence, multiple methods in single study","pmids":["28206686"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2016,"finding":"Silencing Pnpla6 in differentiated human NT2 cells causes effects (reduced electrical activity, loss of neural markers) that are not reproduced by pharmacological NTE esterase inhibition with mipafox, indicating that PNPLA6's role in neurodevelopment is not dependent on its esterase enzymatic activity.","method":"siRNA knockdown vs. pharmacological inhibition (mipafox) comparison in NT2 cells","journal":"Chemico-biological interactions","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — direct comparison of genetic silencing vs enzyme inhibition in same cell model, single lab","pmids":["27475862"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2019,"finding":"Disease-causing PNPLA6 point mutations expressed in Drosophila sws null mutants fail to restore lipid (LPC/PC) levels to normal, though they partially suppress behavioral and degenerative phenotypes in early stages. Mutations in the cNMP binding sites of PNPLA6 specifically prevent restoration of normal lipid levels, supporting that cyclic nucleotide binding regulates the phospholipase activity of PNPLA6.","method":"Transgene rescue assay in Drosophila sws null mutant, lipidomics, locomotion assay, histology","journal":"Frontiers in neuroscience","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Strong — in vivo rescue with multiple disease-causing alleles, lipidomic measurements, and behavioral/histological readouts in a single rigorous study","pmids":["31780887"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2024,"finding":"PNPLA6 (NTE) esterase activity was directly measured for 46 disease-associated and 20 common variants; an inverse relationship exists between residual NTE enzymatic activity and presence of retinopathy and endocrinopathy. A similar NTE activity threshold for retinopathy was demonstrated in an allelic mouse series, establishing a genotype:NTE activity:phenotype relationship across PNPLA6 disorders.","method":"In vitro NTE esterase activity assay of 66 variants, allelic mouse series, clinical cohort analysis","journal":"Brain","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Strong — large-scale functional enzymatic assay of disease variants corroborated by allelic mouse model; replicated in vivo and in vitro","pmids":["38735647"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2024,"finding":"NTE/SWS is present in surface glia forming the blood-brain barrier in Drosophila; loss of SWS in BBB glia causes abnormal plasma membrane domain organization, tight junction raft disruption, accumulation of lipid droplets, lysosomes, and multilamellar bodies (resembling lysosomal storage disease), elevated fatty acid levels, and age-dependent upregulation of innate immunity factors. BBB glia-specific expression of NTE/SWS normalizes inflammatory response, and anti-inflammatory treatment prevents abnormal BBB architecture.","method":"Glia-specific Drosophila knockdown/rescue genetics, confocal microscopy, lipidomics (fatty acids), immunostaining for immune factors, pharmacological anti-inflammatory treatment","journal":"eLife","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Strong — cell-type-specific rescue genetics, lipidomics, and pharmacological intervention across multiple orthogonal readouts in single rigorous study","pmids":["38660940"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2025,"finding":"PNPLA6, acting as a phospholipase B, regulates choline mobilization from phosphatidylcholine in retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells and subsequent choline turnover for phosphatidylcholine regeneration. PNPLA6-derived choline is supplied from RPE cells to adjacent photoreceptors to support their survival. Mice with retina-specific PNPLA6 deletion develop retinitis pigmentosa-like degeneration; abnormalities in RPE morphology, proliferation, metabolism, and function are entirely rescued by choline supplementation.","method":"Retina-specific conditional knockout mouse, phospholipid metabolite assay, choline supplementation rescue, RPE and photoreceptor cell biology assays","journal":"Nature communications","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Strong — conditional knockout with defined biochemical mechanism, substrate supplementation rescue, and multiple cellular readouts in single rigorous study","pmids":["40082403"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2025,"finding":"The three cyclic nucleotide binding (cNMP) sites in SWS (Drosophila PNPLA6 ortholog) are required for full catalytic phospholipase function: mutating a single site (SWSG558E) yields a partially functional protein that can decrease PC when overexpressed, while mutating all three sites (SWSΔCNB) renders SWS non-functional and causes PC accumulation when overexpressed, demonstrating that cyclic nucleotide binding regulates the phospholipase activity.","method":"Site-directed mutagenesis of cNMP binding sites in Drosophila SWS, transgenic rescue assay in sws null, lipid (PC) measurements","journal":"bioRxiv","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Moderate — mutagenesis with lipid substrate measurement and genetic rescue, single preprint lab study","pmids":["41415407"],"is_preprint":true},{"year":2026,"finding":"Enhanced degradation of lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE) to glycerophosphorylethanolamine in a murine MASH model is associated with upregulation of Pnpla6 in the liver, implicating PNPLA6 as a lysophospholipase for LPE catabolism in hepatic phospholipid metabolism.","method":"LC-MS/MS lipidomics, protein expression analysis in mouse MASH model","journal":"International journal of molecular sciences","confidence":"Low","confidence_rationale":"Tier 3 / Weak — correlative protein expression and lipidomics without direct enzymatic validation of LPE hydrolysis by PNPLA6","pmids":["41752007"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2026,"finding":"TOCP inhibits NTE enzymatic activity in mouse GC-1 spg spermatogonial cells (~by 30%), and NTE knockdown in these cells suppresses cell proliferation and mitotic progression, phenocopying TOCP effects; however, ER stress was not activated upon NTE knockdown alone (unlike TOCP treatment), indicating NTE activity supports germ cell proliferation through a mechanism distinct from ER stress.","method":"NTE enzymatic inhibition, siRNA knockdown in GC-1 spg cells, proliferation/mitosis assays, ER stress markers","journal":"Toxics","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — pharmacological inhibition and siRNA knockdown with defined proliferative phenotype and pathway dissection, single lab","pmids":["42043102"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2016,"finding":"Destruction (D) box motifs in the regulatory domain of NTE are required for proteasomal degradation; deletion or mutation of the D box prevents proteasomal degradation without affecting subcellular ER localization. Deletion of the regulatory region (containing D box) leads to protein accumulation, and both regulatory region deletion and D box deletion similarly inhibit cell growth.","method":"Western blot, deletion/site-directed mutagenesis, proteasome inhibitor experiments, subcellular localization by fluorescence","journal":"Molecular biology reports","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — mutagenesis and inhibitor experiments with functional and localization readouts, single lab","pmids":["27558092"],"is_preprint":false}],"current_model":"PNPLA6 (NTE) is an ER-anchored phospholipase B that hydrolyzes lysophosphatidylcholine (and phosphatidylcholine) to generate glycerophosphocholine and free choline, thereby maintaining cellular phospholipid homeostasis; in the retina, PNPLA6-derived choline is transferred from RPE cells to photoreceptors to support their survival, while in neurons and glia it preserves membrane integrity and blood-brain barrier function. Its phospholipase catalytic activity is modulated by cyclic nucleotide binding at three cNMP sites. Beyond lipid metabolism, SWS/NTE acts as a regulatory subunit of PKA (binding and inhibiting catalytic subunit PKA-C3), and organophosphate-induced aging of the active-site serine locks PKA-C3 in an inhibited state, causing delayed axonopathy. The overall level of residual NTE enzymatic activity determines the severity and tissue distribution of PNPLA6-related disease, with lower activity correlating with retinopathy and endocrinopathy."},"narrative":{"mechanistic_narrative":"PNPLA6 (neuropathy target esterase, NTE; Drosophila ortholog SWS) is an ER-anchored integral membrane serine phospholipase that maintains cellular phospholipid homeostasis and is essential for nervous system integrity and development [PMID:16464473, PMID:25574898]. Through its conserved C-terminal catalytic domain, in which a single active-site serine sits within a hydrophobic helical segment [PMID:10421490], it hydrolyzes lysophosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylcholine, and loss of activity drives accumulation of LPC/LPA in photoreceptors and elevated PC, linking the enzyme directly to membrane lipid balance [PMID:25574898, PMID:31780887]. This phospholipase activity is governed by three cyclic-nucleotide (cNMP) binding sites: progressive disruption of these sites impairs PC turnover, establishing cyclic-nucleotide binding as a regulator of catalysis [PMID:31780887, PMID:41415407]. In the retina, PNPLA6 acting as a phospholipase B mobilizes choline from phosphatidylcholine in RPE cells and supplies it to adjacent photoreceptors, with retina-specific deletion producing retinitis pigmentosa-like degeneration fully rescued by choline supplementation [PMID:40082403]. In the nervous system PNPLA6 preserves neuronal survival and glial ensheathment of axons, and in blood-brain-barrier glia its loss disrupts membrane domain and tight-junction organization, causes lipid/lysosomal accumulation, and triggers age-dependent inflammation [PMID:26634819, PMID:28206686, PMID:38660940]. The active-site serine is the target of organophosphate esters; covalent modification followed by aging—not simple inhibition—initiates delayed axonopathy, and aged SWS acts as a regulatory subunit that binds and irreversibly inhibits the PKA catalytic subunit PKA-C3 [PMID:12879443, PMID:2180130, PMID:8343996, PMID:24558370]. Notably, the enzyme's neurodevelopmental role is separable from its esterase activity, since genetic silencing produces phenotypes not reproduced by pharmacological esterase inhibition [PMID:27475862]. Loss-of-function PNPLA6 mutations cluster in the catalytic domain and cause Gordon Holmes and Boucher-Neuhäuser syndromes, with residual NTE activity inversely correlating with retinopathy and endocrinopathy [PMID:24355708, PMID:25033069, PMID:38735647].","teleology":[{"year":1999,"claim":"Establishing PNPLA6/NTE as a serine hydrolase with a novel, evolutionarily conserved catalytic domain defined its biochemical identity and the location of its functional active site.","evidence":"Molecular cloning, sequence and domain analysis","pmids":["10421490"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["No physiological substrate identified at this stage","No structural model of the catalytic domain"]},{"year":2003,"claim":"Distinguishing organophosphate inhibition from 'aging' of the modified active-site serine resolved why only some OPs trigger neuropathy, defining the molecular initiating event of OPIDN.","evidence":"In vitro/in vivo OP inhibition and prophylaxis assays, structure-activity analysis, plus subcellular NTE fractionation in nerve","pmids":["12879443","2180130","8343996","8140588"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Downstream molecular consequence of aging not yet defined","Endogenous catalytic substrate still unknown"]},{"year":2003,"claim":"Genetic loss-of-function in fly and mouse revealed an essential developmental role beyond esterase chemistry, separating NTE's enzymatic and developmental functions.","evidence":"Mouse conventional knockout (embryonic lethal) and Drosophila sws mutant analysis","pmids":["12879443"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Molecular basis of the essential developmental function undefined","Tissue-of-action for lethality not pinpointed"]},{"year":2006,"claim":"Purification confirmed NTE as a ~155 kDa integral membrane serine hydrolase requiring lipid context for solubilization, anchoring it biochemically to membranes.","evidence":"Biochemical purification from rat brain microsomes, SDS-PAGE, activity assay","pmids":["16464473"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Membrane topology not resolved","Specific lipid substrate not assigned in vitro here"]},{"year":2014,"claim":"Identification of NTE as the lysophospholipase converting LPC to glycerophosphocholine, with disease-mutant rescue failure, connected catalytic loss to human Gordon Holmes syndrome and to GnRH-stimulated LH exocytosis in gonadotropes.","evidence":"Whole exome sequencing, Drosophila mutant-vs-WT rescue, NTE inhibition in LβT2 gonadotrope cells with LH exocytosis readout","pmids":["25033069","24355708"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Mechanistic link between lipid product and exocytosis machinery unresolved","Whether choline/GPC supply mediates the endocrine effect not tested"]},{"year":2014,"claim":"Discovery that OP-modified SWS sequesters and inhibits the PKA catalytic subunit PKA-C3 provided a non-esterase signaling mechanism for OP-induced axonopathy.","evidence":"Drosophila genetics, PKA activity assays in flies and rat neurons, TOCP treatment, PKA-C3 epistasis","pmids":["24558370"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Whether normal (un-aged) NTE regulates PKA physiologically unclear","Human PKA subunit interaction not directly demonstrated"]},{"year":2015,"claim":"Linking PNPLA6 loss to LPC/LPA accumulation in photoreceptors and to glial ensheathment defects established phospholipid homeostasis as the cellular function across neurons and glia.","evidence":"Drosophila mutant lipidomics; cell-type-specific glial RNAi with morphology, electrophysiology, behavior, and human NTE rescue; mouse Schwann-cell conditional knockout","pmids":["25574898","26634819","28206686"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["How lipid imbalance causes cell death vs. ensheathment failure differs by tissue and is unresolved","Quantitative substrate flux in vivo not measured"]},{"year":2016,"claim":"Comparing genetic silencing against pharmacological esterase inhibition showed PNPLA6's neurodevelopmental role is at least partly independent of its catalytic esterase activity.","evidence":"siRNA knockdown vs mipafox inhibition in human NT2 cells with electrophysiology and marker readouts; transcriptomic profiling","pmids":["27475862","25255935","24142151"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["The non-esterase molecular function remains unidentified","Off-target effects of knockdown vs inhibitor not fully excluded"]},{"year":2016,"claim":"Identification of Destruction-box motifs controlling proteasomal turnover of NTE revealed post-translational regulation of NTE abundance independent of its ER localization.","evidence":"Deletion/site-directed mutagenesis, proteasome inhibitor experiments, fluorescence localization in cells","pmids":["27558092"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["E3 ligase / degron-recognition machinery unidentified","Physiological trigger for degradation unknown"]},{"year":2019,"claim":"Showing that disease alleles and cNMP-site mutations fail to restore normal lipid levels established cyclic-nucleotide binding as a regulator of PNPLA6 phospholipase activity in vivo.","evidence":"Drosophila sws-null transgenic rescue with disease and cNMP-site alleles, lipidomics, behavior, histology","pmids":["31780887"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Identity of the endogenous cyclic nucleotide ligand not established","Structural mechanism of cNMP-coupled activation unknown"]},{"year":2024,"claim":"Quantifying esterase activity across 66 variants alongside an allelic mouse series defined a genotype:activity:phenotype axis, explaining why residual activity dictates retinopathy and endocrinopathy.","evidence":"In vitro NTE activity assay of disease/common variants, allelic mouse series, clinical cohort analysis","pmids":["38735647"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Tissue-specific activity thresholds not directly measured","Why specific tissues are most sensitive remains unexplained"]},{"year":2025,"claim":"Demonstrating RPE-to-photoreceptor choline transfer driven by PNPLA6 phospholipase B activity, with full rescue by choline supplementation, defined the mechanism of PNPLA6 retinal degeneration and a candidate therapeutic.","evidence":"Retina-specific conditional knockout mouse, phospholipid metabolite assays, choline supplementation rescue, RPE/photoreceptor assays; cNMP-site mutagenesis lipidomics (preprint)","pmids":["40082403","41415407"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Choline transporter/route between RPE and photoreceptors not defined","Whether the same choline-supply mechanism operates in brain/endocrine tissues untested"]},{"year":2026,"claim":"Correlative hepatic and germ-cell studies extend PNPLA6 substrate scope (LPE catabolism) and proliferative roles, but without direct enzymatic validation.","evidence":"LC-MS/MS lipidomics in mouse MASH liver; NTE inhibition/knockdown in GC-1 spg spermatogonial cells with proliferation and ER-stress readouts","pmids":["41752007","42043102"],"confidence":"Low","gaps":["LPE hydrolysis by PNPLA6 not directly demonstrated (correlative only)","Mechanism linking NTE activity to germ-cell proliferation undefined","Independent confirmation in vivo lacking"]},{"year":null,"claim":"The molecular identity of PNPLA6's esterase-independent developmental function and the endogenous cyclic-nucleotide ligand that tunes its phospholipase activity remain unresolved.","evidence":"No direct experimental resolution in the available corpus","pmids":[],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Non-catalytic developmental partner/mechanism unidentified","Physiological cNMP ligand and regulatory structure unknown","Mammalian PKA regulatory interaction not directly demonstrated"]}],"mechanism_profile":{"molecular_activity":[{"term_id":"GO:0140098","term_label":"catalytic activity, acting on RNA","supporting_discovery_ids":[12,17,20,21]},{"term_id":"GO:0016787","term_label":"hydrolase activity","supporting_discovery_ids":[0,3,5,18]},{"term_id":"GO:0098772","term_label":"molecular function regulator activity","supporting_discovery_ids":[10]}],"localization":[{"term_id":"GO:0005783","term_label":"endoplasmic reticulum","supporting_discovery_ids":[5,24]},{"term_id":"GO:0005886","term_label":"plasma membrane","supporting_discovery_ids":[19]}],"pathway":[{"term_id":"R-HSA-1430728","term_label":"Metabolism","supporting_discovery_ids":[12,17,20]},{"term_id":"R-HSA-1266738","term_label":"Developmental Biology","supporting_discovery_ids":[4,6,8,11]},{"term_id":"R-HSA-1643685","term_label":"Disease","supporting_discovery_ids":[7,9,18,20]}],"complexes":[],"partners":["PKA-C3"],"other_free_text":[]}},"prefetch_data":{"uniprot":{"accession":"Q8IY17","full_name":"Patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 6","aliases":["Neuropathy target esterase"],"length_aa":1375,"mass_kda":151.0,"function":"Phospholipase B that deacylates intracellular phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho), generating glycerophosphocholine (GroPtdCho). 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Conditional GFAP-based knockout of NTE/PNPLA6 causes incomplete ensheathment of Remak fibers by nonmyelinating Schwann cells without affecting myelination, and NTE levels are upregulated after nerve crush.\",\n      \"method\": \"Immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry of mouse sciatic nerve, GFAP-Cre conditional knockout, electron microscopy\",\n      \"journal\": \"Glia\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 / Strong — conditional knockout with defined cellular phenotype plus localization by immunofluorescence, multiple methods in single study\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"28206686\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2016,\n      \"finding\": \"Silencing Pnpla6 in differentiated human NT2 cells causes effects (reduced electrical activity, loss of neural markers) that are not reproduced by pharmacological NTE esterase inhibition with mipafox, indicating that PNPLA6's role in neurodevelopment is not dependent on its esterase enzymatic activity.\",\n      \"method\": \"siRNA knockdown vs. pharmacological inhibition (mipafox) comparison in NT2 cells\",\n      \"journal\": \"Chemico-biological interactions\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 / Moderate — direct comparison of genetic silencing vs enzyme inhibition in same cell model, single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"27475862\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2019,\n      \"finding\": \"Disease-causing PNPLA6 point mutations expressed in Drosophila sws null mutants fail to restore lipid (LPC/PC) levels to normal, though they partially suppress behavioral and degenerative phenotypes in early stages. Mutations in the cNMP binding sites of PNPLA6 specifically prevent restoration of normal lipid levels, supporting that cyclic nucleotide binding regulates the phospholipase activity of PNPLA6.\",\n      \"method\": \"Transgene rescue assay in Drosophila sws null mutant, lipidomics, locomotion assay, histology\",\n      \"journal\": \"Frontiers in neuroscience\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 / Strong — in vivo rescue with multiple disease-causing alleles, lipidomic measurements, and behavioral/histological readouts in a single rigorous study\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"31780887\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2024,\n      \"finding\": \"PNPLA6 (NTE) esterase activity was directly measured for 46 disease-associated and 20 common variants; an inverse relationship exists between residual NTE enzymatic activity and presence of retinopathy and endocrinopathy. A similar NTE activity threshold for retinopathy was demonstrated in an allelic mouse series, establishing a genotype:NTE activity:phenotype relationship across PNPLA6 disorders.\",\n      \"method\": \"In vitro NTE esterase activity assay of 66 variants, allelic mouse series, clinical cohort analysis\",\n      \"journal\": \"Brain\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1 / Strong — large-scale functional enzymatic assay of disease variants corroborated by allelic mouse model; replicated in vivo and in vitro\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"38735647\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2024,\n      \"finding\": \"NTE/SWS is present in surface glia forming the blood-brain barrier in Drosophila; loss of SWS in BBB glia causes abnormal plasma membrane domain organization, tight junction raft disruption, accumulation of lipid droplets, lysosomes, and multilamellar bodies (resembling lysosomal storage disease), elevated fatty acid levels, and age-dependent upregulation of innate immunity factors. BBB glia-specific expression of NTE/SWS normalizes inflammatory response, and anti-inflammatory treatment prevents abnormal BBB architecture.\",\n      \"method\": \"Glia-specific Drosophila knockdown/rescue genetics, confocal microscopy, lipidomics (fatty acids), immunostaining for immune factors, pharmacological anti-inflammatory treatment\",\n      \"journal\": \"eLife\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 / Strong — cell-type-specific rescue genetics, lipidomics, and pharmacological intervention across multiple orthogonal readouts in single rigorous study\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"38660940\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2025,\n      \"finding\": \"PNPLA6, acting as a phospholipase B, regulates choline mobilization from phosphatidylcholine in retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells and subsequent choline turnover for phosphatidylcholine regeneration. PNPLA6-derived choline is supplied from RPE cells to adjacent photoreceptors to support their survival. Mice with retina-specific PNPLA6 deletion develop retinitis pigmentosa-like degeneration; abnormalities in RPE morphology, proliferation, metabolism, and function are entirely rescued by choline supplementation.\",\n      \"method\": \"Retina-specific conditional knockout mouse, phospholipid metabolite assay, choline supplementation rescue, RPE and photoreceptor cell biology assays\",\n      \"journal\": \"Nature communications\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1 / Strong — conditional knockout with defined biochemical mechanism, substrate supplementation rescue, and multiple cellular readouts in single rigorous study\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"40082403\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2025,\n      \"finding\": \"The three cyclic nucleotide binding (cNMP) sites in SWS (Drosophila PNPLA6 ortholog) are required for full catalytic phospholipase function: mutating a single site (SWSG558E) yields a partially functional protein that can decrease PC when overexpressed, while mutating all three sites (SWSΔCNB) renders SWS non-functional and causes PC accumulation when overexpressed, demonstrating that cyclic nucleotide binding regulates the phospholipase activity.\",\n      \"method\": \"Site-directed mutagenesis of cNMP binding sites in Drosophila SWS, transgenic rescue assay in sws null, lipid (PC) measurements\",\n      \"journal\": \"bioRxiv\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1 / Moderate — mutagenesis with lipid substrate measurement and genetic rescue, single preprint lab study\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"41415407\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": true\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2026,\n      \"finding\": \"Enhanced degradation of lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE) to glycerophosphorylethanolamine in a murine MASH model is associated with upregulation of Pnpla6 in the liver, implicating PNPLA6 as a lysophospholipase for LPE catabolism in hepatic phospholipid metabolism.\",\n      \"method\": \"LC-MS/MS lipidomics, protein expression analysis in mouse MASH model\",\n      \"journal\": \"International journal of molecular sciences\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Low\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 3 / Weak — correlative protein expression and lipidomics without direct enzymatic validation of LPE hydrolysis by PNPLA6\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"41752007\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2026,\n      \"finding\": \"TOCP inhibits NTE enzymatic activity in mouse GC-1 spg spermatogonial cells (~by 30%), and NTE knockdown in these cells suppresses cell proliferation and mitotic progression, phenocopying TOCP effects; however, ER stress was not activated upon NTE knockdown alone (unlike TOCP treatment), indicating NTE activity supports germ cell proliferation through a mechanism distinct from ER stress.\",\n      \"method\": \"NTE enzymatic inhibition, siRNA knockdown in GC-1 spg cells, proliferation/mitosis assays, ER stress markers\",\n      \"journal\": \"Toxics\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 / Moderate — pharmacological inhibition and siRNA knockdown with defined proliferative phenotype and pathway dissection, single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"42043102\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2016,\n      \"finding\": \"Destruction (D) box motifs in the regulatory domain of NTE are required for proteasomal degradation; deletion or mutation of the D box prevents proteasomal degradation without affecting subcellular ER localization. Deletion of the regulatory region (containing D box) leads to protein accumulation, and both regulatory region deletion and D box deletion similarly inhibit cell growth.\",\n      \"method\": \"Western blot, deletion/site-directed mutagenesis, proteasome inhibitor experiments, subcellular localization by fluorescence\",\n      \"journal\": \"Molecular biology reports\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 / Moderate — mutagenesis and inhibitor experiments with functional and localization readouts, single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"27558092\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    }\n  ],\n  \"current_model\": \"PNPLA6 (NTE) is an ER-anchored phospholipase B that hydrolyzes lysophosphatidylcholine (and phosphatidylcholine) to generate glycerophosphocholine and free choline, thereby maintaining cellular phospholipid homeostasis; in the retina, PNPLA6-derived choline is transferred from RPE cells to photoreceptors to support their survival, while in neurons and glia it preserves membrane integrity and blood-brain barrier function. Its phospholipase catalytic activity is modulated by cyclic nucleotide binding at three cNMP sites. Beyond lipid metabolism, SWS/NTE acts as a regulatory subunit of PKA (binding and inhibiting catalytic subunit PKA-C3), and organophosphate-induced aging of the active-site serine locks PKA-C3 in an inhibited state, causing delayed axonopathy. The overall level of residual NTE enzymatic activity determines the severity and tissue distribution of PNPLA6-related disease, with lower activity correlating with retinopathy and endocrinopathy.\"\n}\n```","stage2_raw":"{\n  \"mechanistic_narrative\": \"PNPLA6 (neuropathy target esterase, NTE; Drosophila ortholog SWS) is an ER-anchored integral membrane serine phospholipase that maintains cellular phospholipid homeostasis and is essential for nervous system integrity and development [#5, #12]. Through its conserved C-terminal catalytic domain, in which a single active-site serine sits within a hydrophobic helical segment [#0], it hydrolyzes lysophosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylcholine, and loss of activity drives accumulation of LPC/LPA in photoreceptors and elevated PC, linking the enzyme directly to membrane lipid balance [#12, #17]. This phospholipase activity is governed by three cyclic-nucleotide (cNMP) binding sites: progressive disruption of these sites impairs PC turnover, establishing cyclic-nucleotide binding as a regulator of catalysis [#17, #21]. In the retina, PNPLA6 acting as a phospholipase B mobilizes choline from phosphatidylcholine in RPE cells and supplies it to adjacent photoreceptors, with retina-specific deletion producing retinitis pigmentosa-like degeneration fully rescued by choline supplementation [#20]. In the nervous system PNPLA6 preserves neuronal survival and glial ensheathment of axons, and in blood-brain-barrier glia its loss disrupts membrane domain and tight-junction organization, causes lipid/lysosomal accumulation, and triggers age-dependent inflammation [#13, #15, #19]. The active-site serine is the target of organophosphate esters; covalent modification followed by aging—not simple inhibition—initiates delayed axonopathy, and aged SWS acts as a regulatory subunit that binds and irreversibly inhibits the PKA catalytic subunit PKA-C3 [#3, #10]. Notably, the enzyme's neurodevelopmental role is separable from its esterase activity, since genetic silencing produces phenotypes not reproduced by pharmacological esterase inhibition [#16]. Loss-of-function PNPLA6 mutations cluster in the catalytic domain and cause Gordon Holmes and Boucher-Neuhäuser syndromes, with residual NTE activity inversely correlating with retinopathy and endocrinopathy [#7, #9, #18].\",\n  \"teleology\": [\n    {\n      \"year\": 1999,\n      \"claim\": \"Establishing PNPLA6/NTE as a serine hydrolase with a novel, evolutionarily conserved catalytic domain defined its biochemical identity and the location of its functional active site.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Molecular cloning, sequence and domain analysis\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"10421490\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"No physiological substrate identified at this stage\", \"No structural model of the catalytic domain\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2003,\n      \"claim\": \"Distinguishing organophosphate inhibition from 'aging' of the modified active-site serine resolved why only some OPs trigger neuropathy, defining the molecular initiating event of OPIDN.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"In vitro/in vivo OP inhibition and prophylaxis assays, structure-activity analysis, plus subcellular NTE fractionation in nerve\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"12879443\", \"2180130\", \"8343996\", \"8140588\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Downstream molecular consequence of aging not yet defined\", \"Endogenous catalytic substrate still unknown\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2003,\n      \"claim\": \"Genetic loss-of-function in fly and mouse revealed an essential developmental role beyond esterase chemistry, separating NTE's enzymatic and developmental functions.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Mouse conventional knockout (embryonic lethal) and Drosophila sws mutant analysis\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"12879443\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Molecular basis of the essential developmental function undefined\", \"Tissue-of-action for lethality not pinpointed\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2006,\n      \"claim\": \"Purification confirmed NTE as a ~155 kDa integral membrane serine hydrolase requiring lipid context for solubilization, anchoring it biochemically to membranes.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Biochemical purification from rat brain microsomes, SDS-PAGE, activity assay\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"16464473\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Membrane topology not resolved\", \"Specific lipid substrate not assigned in vitro here\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2014,\n      \"claim\": \"Identification of NTE as the lysophospholipase converting LPC to glycerophosphocholine, with disease-mutant rescue failure, connected catalytic loss to human Gordon Holmes syndrome and to GnRH-stimulated LH exocytosis in gonadotropes.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Whole exome sequencing, Drosophila mutant-vs-WT rescue, NTE inhibition in LβT2 gonadotrope cells with LH exocytosis readout\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"25033069\", \"24355708\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Mechanistic link between lipid product and exocytosis machinery unresolved\", \"Whether choline/GPC supply mediates the endocrine effect not tested\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2014,\n      \"claim\": \"Discovery that OP-modified SWS sequesters and inhibits the PKA catalytic subunit PKA-C3 provided a non-esterase signaling mechanism for OP-induced axonopathy.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Drosophila genetics, PKA activity assays in flies and rat neurons, TOCP treatment, PKA-C3 epistasis\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"24558370\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Whether normal (un-aged) NTE regulates PKA physiologically unclear\", \"Human PKA subunit interaction not directly demonstrated\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2015,\n      \"claim\": \"Linking PNPLA6 loss to LPC/LPA accumulation in photoreceptors and to glial ensheathment defects established phospholipid homeostasis as the cellular function across neurons and glia.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Drosophila mutant lipidomics; cell-type-specific glial RNAi with morphology, electrophysiology, behavior, and human NTE rescue; mouse Schwann-cell conditional knockout\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"25574898\", \"26634819\", \"28206686\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"How lipid imbalance causes cell death vs. ensheathment failure differs by tissue and is unresolved\", \"Quantitative substrate flux in vivo not measured\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2016,\n      \"claim\": \"Comparing genetic silencing against pharmacological esterase inhibition showed PNPLA6's neurodevelopmental role is at least partly independent of its catalytic esterase activity.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"siRNA knockdown vs mipafox inhibition in human NT2 cells with electrophysiology and marker readouts; transcriptomic profiling\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"27475862\", \"25255935\", \"24142151\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"The non-esterase molecular function remains unidentified\", \"Off-target effects of knockdown vs inhibitor not fully excluded\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2016,\n      \"claim\": \"Identification of Destruction-box motifs controlling proteasomal turnover of NTE revealed post-translational regulation of NTE abundance independent of its ER localization.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Deletion/site-directed mutagenesis, proteasome inhibitor experiments, fluorescence localization in cells\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"27558092\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"E3 ligase / degron-recognition machinery unidentified\", \"Physiological trigger for degradation unknown\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2019,\n      \"claim\": \"Showing that disease alleles and cNMP-site mutations fail to restore normal lipid levels established cyclic-nucleotide binding as a regulator of PNPLA6 phospholipase activity in vivo.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Drosophila sws-null transgenic rescue with disease and cNMP-site alleles, lipidomics, behavior, histology\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"31780887\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Identity of the endogenous cyclic nucleotide ligand not established\", \"Structural mechanism of cNMP-coupled activation unknown\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2024,\n      \"claim\": \"Quantifying esterase activity across 66 variants alongside an allelic mouse series defined a genotype:activity:phenotype axis, explaining why residual activity dictates retinopathy and endocrinopathy.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"In vitro NTE activity assay of disease/common variants, allelic mouse series, clinical cohort analysis\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"38735647\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Tissue-specific activity thresholds not directly measured\", \"Why specific tissues are most sensitive remains unexplained\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2025,\n      \"claim\": \"Demonstrating RPE-to-photoreceptor choline transfer driven by PNPLA6 phospholipase B activity, with full rescue by choline supplementation, defined the mechanism of PNPLA6 retinal degeneration and a candidate therapeutic.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Retina-specific conditional knockout mouse, phospholipid metabolite assays, choline supplementation rescue, RPE/photoreceptor assays; cNMP-site mutagenesis lipidomics (preprint)\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"40082403\", \"41415407\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Choline transporter/route between RPE and photoreceptors not defined\", \"Whether the same choline-supply mechanism operates in brain/endocrine tissues untested\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2026,\n      \"claim\": \"Correlative hepatic and germ-cell studies extend PNPLA6 substrate scope (LPE catabolism) and proliferative roles, but without direct enzymatic validation.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"LC-MS/MS lipidomics in mouse MASH liver; NTE inhibition/knockdown in GC-1 spg spermatogonial cells with proliferation and ER-stress readouts\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"41752007\", \"42043102\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Low\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"LPE hydrolysis by PNPLA6 not directly demonstrated (correlative only)\", \"Mechanism linking NTE activity to germ-cell proliferation undefined\", \"Independent confirmation in vivo lacking\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": null,\n      \"claim\": \"The molecular identity of PNPLA6's esterase-independent developmental function and the endogenous cyclic-nucleotide ligand that tunes its phospholipase activity remain unresolved.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"No direct experimental resolution in the available corpus\",\n      \"pmids\": [],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Non-catalytic developmental partner/mechanism unidentified\", \"Physiological cNMP ligand and regulatory structure unknown\", \"Mammalian PKA regulatory interaction not directly demonstrated\"]\n    }\n  ],\n  \"mechanism_profile\": {\n    \"molecular_activity\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0140098\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [12, 17, 20, 21]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0016787\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 3, 5, 18]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0098772\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [10]}\n    ],\n    \"localization\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005783\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [5, 24]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005886\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [19]}\n    ],\n    \"pathway\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-1430728\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [12, 17, 20]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-1266738\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [4, 6, 8, 11]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-1643685\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [7, 9, 18, 20]}\n    ],\n    \"complexes\": [],\n    \"partners\": [\"PKA-C3\"],\n    \"other_free_text\": []\n  }\n}","audit_flag":null,"evaluation":{"pairwise":"win","faith_supported":8,"faith_total":8,"faith_pct":100.0}}