“…The cytoplasmic tail of HA possesses multiple basic residues which interact with phosphoinositides (e.g., PIP2), modulating protein clustering and membrane association [ 31 , 32 ]. Additionally, several studies have investigated the interplay between lipids and the IAV matrix protein 2 (M2) [ 30 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 ]. It has been proposed that M2 is transported to the apical PM independently from HA and NA through its interaction with the phosphatidylserine (PS)-conjugated, microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 protein (LC3-II) [ 37 , 41 , 42 , 43 ].…”