Diverse and pivotal roles of neddylation in metabolism and immunity

T Zou, J Zhang - The FEBS Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Neddylation is one type of protein post‐translational modification by conjugating a ubiquitin‐
like protein neural precursor cell‐expressed developmentally downregulated protein 8 to …

Ubiquitin, SUMO, and NEDD8: key targets of bacterial pathogens

D Ribet, P Cossart - Trends in cell biology, 2018 - cell.com
Manipulation of host protein post-translational modifications (PTMs) is used by various
pathogens to interfere with host cell functions. Among these modifications, ubiquitin (UBI) …

Intracellular Staphylococcus aureus triggers pyroptosis and contributes to inhibition of healing due to perforin-2 suppression

I Pastar, AP Sawaya, J Marjanovic, JL Burgess… - The Journal of clinical …, 2021 - jci.org
Impaired wound healing associated with recurrent Staphylococcus aureus infection and
unresolved inflammation are hallmarks of nonhealing diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). Perforin-2 …

The cryo-EM structure of the acid activatable pore-forming immune effector Macrophage-expressed gene 1

SS Pang, C Bayly-Jones, M Radjainia… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Macrophage-expressed gene 1 (MPEG1/Perforin-2) is a perforin-like protein that
functions within the phagolysosome to damage engulfed microbes. MPEG1 is thought to …

Staphylococcus epidermidis Boosts Innate Immune Response by Activation of Gamma Delta T Cells and Induction of Perforin-2 in Human Skin

I Pastar, K O'Neill, L Padula, CR Head… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Perforin-2 (P-2) is an antimicrobial protein with unique properties to kill intracellular bacteria.
Gamma delta (GD) T cells, as the major T cell population in epithelial tissues, play a central …

Perforin-2 is essential for intracellular defense of parenchymal cells and phagocytes against pathogenic bacteria

RM McCormack, LR de Armas, M Shiratsuchi… - Elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Perforin-2 (MPEG1) is a pore-forming, antibacterial protein with broad-spectrum activity.
Perforin-2 is expressed constitutively in phagocytes and inducibly in parenchymal, tissue …

Structure and mechanism of bactericidal mammalian perforin-2, an ancient agent of innate immunity

T Ni, F Jiao, X Yu, S Aden, L Ginger, SI Williams… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Perforin-2 (MPEG1) is thought to enable the killing of invading microbes engulfed by
macrophages and other phagocytes, forming pores in their membranes. Loss of perforin-2 …

Ancient but not forgotten: New insights into MPEG1, a macrophage perforin-like immune effector

C Bayly-Jones, SS Pang, BA Spicer… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Macrophage-expressed gene 1 [MPEG1/Perforin-2 (PRF2)] is an ancient metazoan protein
belonging to the Membrane Attack Complex/Perforin (MACPF) branch of the …

Heterogeneous family of cyclomodulins: smart weapons that allow bacteria to hijack the eukaryotic cell cycle and promote infections

RA El-Aouar Filho, A Nicolas… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Some bacterial pathogens modulate signaling pathways of eukaryotic cells in order to
subvert the host response for their own benefit, leading to successful colonization and …