Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

The UFM1 system regulates ER-phagy through the ufmylation of CYB5R3

  • Ryosuke Ishimura,
  • Afnan H. El-Gowily,
  • Daisuke Noshiro,
  • Satoko Komatsu-Hirota,
  • Yasuko Ono,
  • Mayumi Shindo,
  • Tomohisa Hatta,
  • Manabu Abe,
  • Takefumi Uemura,
  • Hyeon-Cheol Lee-Okada,
  • Tarek M. Mohamed,
  • Takehiko Yokomizo,
  • Takashi Ueno,
  • Kenji Sakimura,
  • Tohru Natsume,
  • Hiroyuki Sorimachi,
  • Toshifumi Inada,
  • Satoshi Waguri,
  • Nobuo N. Noda,
  • Masaaki Komatsu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35501-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The UFM1 system, a ubiquitin-like conjugation system is crucial for endoplasmic reticulum (ER) homeostasis. Here, authors found that CYB5R3 is covalently conjugated with UFM1, which becomes a signal for ER-phagy, a selective autophagy of ER.