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. 2007 Dec 28;282(52):37298-302.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.C700195200. Epub 2007 Nov 6.

The Atg12-Atg5 conjugate has a novel E3-like activity for protein lipidation in autophagy

Takao Hanada  1 , Nobuo N Noda, Yoshinori Satomi, Yoshinobu Ichimura, Yuko Fujioka, Toshifumi Takao, Fuyuhiko Inagaki, Yoshinori Ohsumi
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The Atg12-Atg5 conjugate has a novel E3-like activity for protein lipidation in autophagy

Takao Hanada et al. J Biol Chem. .
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Abstract

Autophagy is a bulk degradation process in eukaryotic cells; autophagosomes enclose cytoplasmic components for degradation in the lysosome/vacuole. Autophagosome formation requires two ubiquitin-like conjugation systems, the Atg12 and Atg8 systems, which are tightly associated with expansion of autophagosomal membrane. Previous studies have suggested that there is a hierarchy between these systems; the Atg12 system is located upstream of the Atg8 system in the context of Atg protein organization. However, the concrete molecular relationship is unclear. Here, we show using an in vitro Atg8 conjugation system that the Atg12-Atg5 conjugate, but not unconjugated Atg12 or Atg5, strongly enhances the formation of the other conjugate, Atg8-PE. The Atg12-Atg5 conjugate promotes the transfer of Atg8 from Atg3 to the substrate, phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), by stimulating the activity of Atg3. We also show that the Atg12-Atg5 conjugate interacts with both Atg3 and PE-containing liposomes. These results indicate that the Atg12-Atg5 conjugate is a ubiquitin-protein ligase (E3)-like enzyme for Atg8-PE conjugation reaction, distinctively promoting protein-lipid conjugation.

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