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Listeria monocytogenes ActA-mediated escape from autophagic recognition.
Nature cell biology - 1 Oct 2009
Yoshikawa Yuko, Ogawa Michinaga, Hain Torsten, Yoshida Mitsutaka, Fukumatsu Makoto, Kim Minsoo, Mimuro Hitomi, Nakagawa Ichiro, Yanagawa Toru, Ishii Tetsuro, Kakizuka Akira, Sztul Elizabeth, Chakraborty Trinad, Sasakawa Chihiro
Abstract excerpt
Autophagy degrades unnecessary organelles and misfolded protein aggregates, as well as cytoplasm-invading bacteria. Nevertheless, the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes efficiently escapes autophagy. We show here that recruitment of the Arp2/3 complex and Ena/VASP, via the bacterial ActA protein, to the bacterial surface disguises the bacteria from autophagic recognition, an activity that is independent of the...
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