The great escape: a Shigella effector unlocks the septin cage.

López-Jiménez, Ana T; Özbaykal Güler, Gizem; Mostowy, Serge · Nat Commun · 2024

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

<i>Shigella</i>, an important human pathogen, can secrete effector proteins to invade host cells and evade mechanisms of cell-autonomous immunity. In a new manuscript published in <i>Nature Communications</i>, Xian et al. report that the <i>Shigella</i> kinase effector OspG promotes the ubiquitination of septin cytoskeletal proteins to evade cage entrapment.

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