Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

HUWE1 E3 ligase promotes PINK1/PARKIN-independent mitophagy by regulating AMBRA1 activation via IKKα

  • Anthea Di Rita,
  • Angelo Peschiaroli,
  • Pasquale D′Acunzo,
  • Daniela Strobbe,
  • Zehan Hu,
  • Jens Gruber,
  • Mads Nygaard,
  • Matteo Lambrughi,
  • Gerry Melino,
  • Elena Papaleo,
  • Jörn Dengjel,
  • Said El Alaoui,
  • Michelangelo Campanella,
  • Volker Dötsch,
  • Vladimir V. Rogov,
  • Flavie Strappazzon,
  • Francesco Cecconi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05722-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Mitophagy is crucial for mitochondrial quality control and maintenance of cellular homeostasis. Here the authors identify an E3 ubiquitin ligase, HUWE1, that collaborates with LC3-interacting protein AMBRA1 to induce mitochondrial clearance.