Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Suppression of ACE2 SUMOylation protects against SARS-CoV-2 infection through TOLLIP-mediated selective autophagy

  • Shouheng Jin,
  • Xing He,
  • Ling Ma,
  • Zhen Zhuang,
  • Yiliang Wang,
  • Meng Lin,
  • Sihui Cai,
  • Lu Wei,
  • Zheyu Wang,
  • Zhiyao Zhao,
  • Yaoxing Wu,
  • Lin Sun,
  • Chunwei Li,
  • Weihong Xie,
  • Yong Zhao,
  • Zhou Songyang,
  • Ke Peng,
  • Jincun Zhao,
  • Jun Cui

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32957-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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SARS- CoV-2 hijacks ACE2 for cell entry. Here, the authors report that dynamic SUMOylation modulates the TOLLIP-directed selective autophagic degradation of ACE2 and suggest SUMOylation inhibition as a potential intervention against SARS-CoV-2 infection.