Activated TBK1 and IKBKE (IKKε) in turn trigger phosphorylation of interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) and IRF7 and subsequent expression of type I interferons (IFNs; IFN-α/β). Type I IFNs can induce the expression of numerous antiviral genes called interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs).
Many viruses have evolved numerous mechanisms to evade antiviral action of type I IFNs by acting at the level of the TBK1/IKBKE kinases. For example, nonstructural protein 13 (nsp13) of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) binds and blocks TBK1 phosphorylation, while nsp6 binds TBK1 to suppress TBK1-mediated phosphorylation of IRF3 (Xia H et al. 2020). SARS-CoV-2 membrane protein M interacts with MAVS and TBK1 thus preventing the formation of MAVS signalosome (Zheng Y et al. 2020).
Helgason, E, Dueber, EC, Ma, X, Bowman, KK, Lee, MW, Phung, QT, Starovasnik, MA, Iyer, RS, Quan, CL
Inoue, J, Kanamaru, A, Tatsumi, Y, Matsumoto, M, Akira, S, Kawai, T, Takeda, K, Shimada, T
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protein serine/threonine kinase activity of viral dsRNA:IFIH1, viral dsRNA:K63polyUb-DDX58:MAVS:K63polyUb-TRAF3:2xIKK related kinases TBK1/IKK epsilon [mitochondrial outer membrane]
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