Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

SKP2 attenuates autophagy through Beclin1-ubiquitination and its inhibition reduces MERS-Coronavirus infection

  • Nils C. Gassen,
  • Daniela Niemeyer,
  • Doreen Muth,
  • Victor M. Corman,
  • Silvia Martinelli,
  • Alwine Gassen,
  • Kathrin Hafner,
  • Jan Papies,
  • Kirstin Mösbauer,
  • Andreas Zellner,
  • Anthony S. Zannas,
  • Alexander Herrmann,
  • Florian Holsboer,
  • Ruth Brack-Werner,
  • Michael Boshart,
  • Bertram Müller-Myhsok,
  • Christian Drosten,
  • Marcel A. Müller,
  • Theo Rein

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13659-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Here, Gassen et al. show that S-phase kinase-associated protein 2 (SKP2) is responsible for lysine-48-linked poly-ubiquitination of beclin 1, resulting in its proteasomal degradation, and that inhibition of SKP2 enhances autophagy and reduces replication of MERS coronavirus.