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. 2005 Dec 30;338(4):1884-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.10.163. Epub 2005 Nov 11.

Characterization of a novel autophagy-specific gene, ATG29

Tomoko Kawamata  1 , Yoshiaki Kamada, Kuninori Suzuki, Norihiro Kuboshima, Hiroshi Akimatsu, Shinichi Ota, Mariko Ohsumi, Yoshinori Ohsumi
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Characterization of a novel autophagy-specific gene, ATG29

Tomoko Kawamata et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. .

Abstract

Autophagy is a process whereby cytoplasmic proteins and organelles are sequestered for bulk degradation in the vacuole/lysosome. At present, 16 ATG genes have been found that are essential for autophagosome formation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Most of these genes are also involved in the cytoplasm to vacuole transport pathway, which shares machinery with autophagy. Most Atg proteins are colocalized at the pre-autophagosomal structure (PAS), from which the autophagosome is thought to originate, but the precise mechanism of autophagy remains poorly understood. During a genetic screen aimed to obtain novel gene(s) required for autophagy, we identified a novel ORF, ATG29/YPL166w. atg29Delta cells were sensitive to starvation and induction of autophagy was severely retarded. However, the Cvt pathway operated normally. Therefore, ATG29 is an ATG gene specifically required for autophagy. Additionally, an Atg29-GFP fusion protein was observed to localize to the PAS. From these results, we propose that Atg29 functions in autophagosome formation at the PAS in collaboration with other Atg proteins.

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