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. 2016 May 3;12(5):894-5.
doi: 10.1080/15548627.2016.1162364.

The Atg17-Atg31-Atg29 complex and Atg11 regulate autophagosome-vacuole fusion

Xu Liu  1 , Daniel J Klionsky  1
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The Atg17-Atg31-Atg29 complex and Atg11 regulate autophagosome-vacuole fusion

Xu Liu et al. Autophagy. .

Abstract

The macroautophagy (hereafter autophagy) process involves de novo formation of double-membrane autophagosomes; after sequestering cytoplasm these transient organelles fuse with the vacuole/lysosome. Genetic studies in yeasts have characterized more than 40 autophagy-related (Atg) proteins required for autophagy, and the majority of these proteins play roles in autophagosome formation. The fusion of autophagosomes with the vacuole is mediated by the Rab GTPase Ypt7, its guanine nucleotide exchange factor Mon1-Ccz1, and soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins. However, these factors are not autophagosome-vacuole fusion specific. We recently showed that 2 autophagy scaffold proteins, the Atg17-Atg31-Atg29 complex and Atg11, regulate autophagosome-vacuole fusion by recruiting the vacuolar SNARE Vam7 to the phagophore assembly site (PAS), where an autophagosome forms in yeast.

Keywords: autophagy; fusion; lysosome; stress; vacuole.

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