Lysine methylation shields an intracellular pathogen from ubiquitylation and autophagy

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uses two protein-lysine methyltransferases (PKMTs) to modify outer membrane proteins (OMPs) and prevent their ubiquitylation. Mutants deficient in the PKMTs were avirulent in mice and failed to grow in macrophages because of ubiquitylation and autophagic targeting. Lysine methylation protected the abundant surface protein OmpB from ubiquitin-dependent depletion from the bacterial surface. Analysis of the lysine-methylome revealed that PKMTs modify a subset of OMPs, including OmpB, by methylation at the same sites that are modified by host ubiquitin. These findings show that lysine methylation is an essential determinant of rickettsial pathogenesis that shields bacterial proteins from ubiquitylation to evade autophagic targeting.

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