MicrobiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
Orientia tsutsugamushi Ank5 directs ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of NLRC5 to inhibit major histocompatibility complex class I expression
Haley E. Adcox, Jason R. Hunt, Paige E. Allen…·Jason A. Carlyon
This study identifies Ank5 as a bacterial effector that degrades NLRC5 to inhibit MHC class I expression, revealing a mechanism for immune evasion by Orientia tsutsugamushi.
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