Sde proteins coordinate ubiquitin utilization and phosphoribosylation to establish and maintain the Legionella replication vacuole

Kristin M. Kotewicz, Mengyun Zhang, Seongok Kim, Meghan S. Martin, Atish Roy Chowdhury, Albert Tai, Rebecca A. Scheck and Ralph R. Isberg ()
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Kristin M. Kotewicz: Tufts University School of Medicine
Mengyun Zhang: Tufts University School of Medicine
Seongok Kim: Tufts University School of Medicine
Meghan S. Martin: Tufts University
Atish Roy Chowdhury: Tufts University School of Medicine
Albert Tai: Tufts University School of Medicine
Rebecca A. Scheck: Tufts University
Ralph R. Isberg: Tufts University School of Medicine

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: Abstract The Legionella pneumophila Sde family of translocated proteins promotes host tubular endoplasmic reticulum (ER) rearrangements that are tightly linked to phosphoribosyl-ubiquitin (pR-Ub) modification of Reticulon 4 (Rtn4). Sde proteins have two additional activities of unclear relevance to the infection process: K63 linkage-specific deubiquitination and phosphoribosyl modification of polyubiquitin (pR-Ub). We show here that the deubiquitination activity (DUB) stimulates ER rearrangements while pR-Ub protects the replication vacuole from cytosolic surveillance by autophagy. Loss of DUB activity is tightly linked to lowered pR-Ub modification of Rtn4, consistent with the DUB activity fueling the production of pR-Ub-Rtn4. In parallel, phosphoribosyl modification of polyUb, in a region of the protein known as the isoleucine patch, prevents binding by the autophagy adapter p62. An inability of Sde mutants to modify polyUb results in immediate p62 association, a critical precursor to autophagic attack. The ability of Sde WT to block p62 association decays quickly after bacterial infection, as predicted by the presence of previously characterized L. pneumophila effectors that inactivate Sde and remove polyUb. In sum, these results show that the accessory Sde activities act to stimulate ER rearrangements and protect from host innate immune sensing in a temporal fashion.

Date: 2024
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