SUMOylation and bacterial pathogens
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In-vitro Reconstitution of Bacterial Ubiquitination and VCP/p97-mediated Elimination
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1Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules, Département de Biologie Cellulaire et Infection, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Abstract:
During infection, bacterial pathogens interfere with many different post-translational modifications of the host cell to promote their own survival and replication. By stimulating or counteracting host post-translational modifications, these pathogens may control locally and specifically the fate and function of host factors critical for the infection process. Besides phosphorylation or ubiquitylation, for which many examples of modulation by pathogens exist, a post-translational modification called SUMOylation was recently shown to be targeted by pathogenic bacteria.
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