Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

MARCH8 inhibits influenza A virus infection by targeting viral M2 protein for ubiquitination-dependent degradation in lysosomes

  • Xiaoman Liu,
  • Fengwen Xu,
  • Lili Ren,
  • Fei Zhao,
  • Yu Huang,
  • Liang Wei,
  • Yingying Wang,
  • Conghui Wang,
  • Zhangling Fan,
  • Shan Mei,
  • Jingdong Song,
  • Zhendong Zhao,
  • Shan Cen,
  • Chen Liang,
  • Jianwei Wang,
  • Fei Guo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24724-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The membrane-associated RING-CH (MARCH) proteins are E3 ligases regulating stability of plasma membrane (PM) proteins. Here, Liu et al. show that MARCH8 suppresses Influenza A virus infection in vitro and in vivo through redirecting M2 protein from the PM to lysosomes for degradation.