Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

NLRP3 phosphorylation in its LRR domain critically regulates inflammasome assembly

  • Tingting Niu,
  • Charlotte De Rosny,
  • Séverine Chautard,
  • Amaury Rey,
  • Danish Patoli,
  • Marine Groslambert,
  • Camille Cosson,
  • Brice Lagrange,
  • Zhirong Zhang,
  • Orane Visvikis,
  • Sabine Hacot,
  • Maggy Hologne,
  • Olivier Walker,
  • Jeimin Wong,
  • Ping Wang,
  • Roméo Ricci,
  • Thomas Henry,
  • Laurent Boyer,
  • Virginie Petrilli,
  • Bénédicte F. Py

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26142-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Nlrp3 inflammasome activation requires Nek7 recruitment to drive ASC speck formation. Here the authors show how Nlrp3 phosphorylation events control this Nek7 recruitment.