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Legionella effector Lpg1137 shuts down ER-mitochondria communication through cleavage of syntaxin 17.
Nature communications - 15 May 2017
Arasaki Kohei, Mikami Yumi, Shames Stephanie R, Inoue Hiroki, Wakana Yuichi, Tagaya Mitsuo
Abstract excerpt
During infection of macrophages, the pathogenic bacterium Legionella pneumophila secretes effector proteins that induce the conversion of the plasma membrane-derived vacuole into an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-like replicative vacuole. These ER-like vacuoles are ultimately fused with the ER, where the pathogen replicates. Here we show that the L. pneumophila effector Lpg1137 is a serine protease that targets the...
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