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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 182, Issue 1, Pages 129-140Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200711112
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM053396, GM53396] Funding Source: Medline
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In yeast, similar to 31 autophagy-related (Atg) proteins have been identified. Most of them reside at the phagophore assembly site (PAS), although the function of the PAS mostly remains unclear. One reason for the latter is the lack of stoichiometric information regarding the Atg proteins at this site. We report the application of fluorescence microscopy to study the amount of Atg proteins at the PAS. We find that an increase in the amount of Atg11 at the PAS enhances the recruitment of Atg8 and Atg9 to this site and facilitates the formation of more cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting vesicles. In response to autophagy induction, the amount of most Atg proteins remains unchanged at the PAS, whereas we see an enhanced recruitment of Atg8 and 9 at this site. During autophagy, the amount of Atg8 at the PAS showed a periodic change, indicating the formation of autophagosomes. Application of this method and further analysis will provide more insight into the functions of Atg proteins.
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