anirban-banerjee.bsky.social @anirban-banerjee.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Sourav Ghosh @souravsgw.bsky.social senior PhD student from our lab is a proud recipient if tge prestigious Angelika Amon Young Scientist Award for 2025. This is a testament to his merit and grit. 000
Reposted by @anirban-banerjee.bsky.socialNature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 14/04/2025🚨 Out now: A new study showing that VCP/p97 extracts ubiquinated proteins from bacterial membranes to lyse and kill intracellular bacterial pathogens #MicroSky 🦠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comHost AAA-ATPase VCP/p97 lyses ubiquitinated intracellular bacteria as an innate antimicrobial defence - Nature MicrobiologyHost AAA-ATPase VCP/p97 binds and extracts ubiquitinated proteins from the bacterial cell membrane causing bacterial lysis and death to confer cell-autonomous protection against infection. 082
anirban-banerjee.bsky.social @anirban-banerjee.bsky.social · 12/04/2025🚨“Ripping bacteria to shreds” 🚨 VCP/p97, a cellular AAA-ATPase, targets and then using its tweezer like action rips apart bacteria, protecting us from infections. A thread 🦠💥#MolecularMachines #HostDefense #cellularimmunity #microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1134
Reposted by @anirban-banerjee.bsky.socialᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 11/04/2025INNOVATIVE CONCEPT Your cells defend themselves with a MOLECULAR CROWBAR AAA-ATPase p97 rips surface proteins off invading bacteria, collapsing their membranes to kill them Cell-autonomous immunity—you break in, we break you Anirban Banerjee Lab (Bombay) Nat Micro www.nature.com/articles/s41... 3214
