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A bacterial protein promotes the recognition of the Legionella pneumophila vacuole by autophagy.
European journal of immunology - 1 May 2013
Khweek Arwa A, Caution Kyle, Akhter Anwari, Abdulrahman Basant A, Tazi Mia, Hassan Hoda, Majumdar Neal, Doran Andrew, Guirado Evelyn, Schlesinger Larry S, Shuman Howard, Amer Amal O
Abstract excerpt
Legionella pneumophila (L. pneumophila) is an intracellular bacterium of human alveolar macrophages that causes Legionnaires' disease. In contrast to humans, most inbred mouse strains are restrictive to L. pneumophila replication. We demonstrate that autophagy targets L. pneumophila vacuoles to lysosomes and that this process requires ubiquitination of L. pneumophila vacuoles and the subsequent binding of the...
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