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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35501-0