The Legionella Anti-autophagy Effector RavZ Targets the Autophagosome via PI3P- and Curvature-Sensing Motifs
Horenkamp FA, Kauffman KJ, Kohler LJ, Sherwood RK, Krueger KP, Shteyn V, Roy CR, Melia TJ, Reinisch KM. The Legionella Anti-autophagy Effector RavZ Targets the Autophagosome via PI3P- and Curvature-Sensing Motifs. Developmental Cell 2015, 34: 569-576. PMID: 26343456, PMCID: PMC4594837, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.08.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsATG8 proteinsIntracellular pathogen Legionella pneumophilaPre-autophagosomal structureAtg8/LC3 proteinsPathogen Legionella pneumophilaHigh-curvature membranesMembrane transport pathwaysCytosol of cellsEffector proteinsCatalytic domainHost cytosolRavZAutophagy proteinsLC3 proteinPathogenic microbesSubstrate affinityProteinIntermediate membraneLegionella pneumophilaAutophagosomesAutophagyCytosolTransport pathwaysInterfacial activationMembraneThe Legionella pneumophila Effector DrrA Is Sufficient to Stimulate SNARE-Dependent Membrane Fusion
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