Nature Communications (May 2017)

USP13 negatively regulates antiviral responses by deubiquitinating STING

  • He Sun,
  • Qiang Zhang,
  • Ying-Ying Jing,
  • Man Zhang,
  • Hai-Ying Wang,
  • Zeng Cai,
  • Tianzi Liuyu,
  • Zhi-Dong Zhang,
  • Tian-Chen Xiong,
  • Yan Wu,
  • Qi-Yun Zhu,
  • Jing Yao,
  • Hong-Bing Shu,
  • Dandan Lin,
  • Bo Zhong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15534
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The cGAS-STING pathway is a DNA sensing mechanism that enables response to viral infection by inducing type 1 interferon expression. Here the authors show a mechanism by which the deubiquitinating enzyme USP13 prevents STING from enabling response to virus.