Phosphorylation of phase-separated p62 bodies by ULK1 activates a redox-independent stress response
M. Komatsu, R. Ikeda, D. Noshiro, H. Morishita, S. Takada, S. Kageyama, Y. Fujioka, T. Funakoshi, S. Komatsu-Hirota, R. Arai, E. Ryzhii, M. Abe, T. Koga, M. Nakao, K. Sakimura, , N. N. Noda
This study identifies ULK1 as the kinase responsible for phosphorylating p62, which activates NRF2 in a redox-independent manner through retention of KEAP1 in p62 bodies.
bioRxiv · Dec 21, 2022Cell Biology