Phosphorylation of phase-separated p62 bodies by ULK1 activates a redox-independent stress response

ABSTRACT: NRF2 is a transcription factor responsible for antioxidant stress responses that is usually regulated in a redox-dependent manner. p62 bodies formed by liquid-liquid phase separation contain Ser349-phosphorylated p62, which participates in the redox-independent activation of NRF2. However, the regulatory mechanism and physiological significance of p62 phosphorylation remain unclear. Here, we identify ULK1 as a kinase responsible for the phosphorylation of p62. ULK1 co-localizes with p62 bodies, directly interacting with p62. ULK1-dependent phosphorylation of p62 allows KEAP1 to be retained within p62 bodies, thus activating NRF2. p62S351E/+ mice are phosphomimetic knock-in mice in which Ser351, corresponding to human Ser349, is replaced by Glu. These mice, but not their phosphodefective p6

SUBMITTER: Dr. Masaaki Komatsu 

PROVIDER: S-SCDT-10_15252-EMBJ_2022113349 | biostudies-other |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other