Journal
AUTOPHAGY
Volume 13, Issue 5, Pages 978-979Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2016.1277311
Keywords
Atg5; Atg8; Atg12; Atg16; conjugation; LIR motif; selective autophagy
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- Austrian Science Fund FWF [T 724] Funding Source: Medline
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Selective macroautophagy/autophagy mediates the selective delivery of cytoplasmic cargo material via autophagosomes into the lytic compartment for degradation. This selectivity is mediated by cargo receptor molecules that link the cargo to the phagophore (the precursor of the autophagosome) membrane via their simultaneous interaction with the cargo and Atg8 proteins on the membrane. Atg8 proteins are attached to membrane in a conjugation reaction and the cargo receptors bind them via short peptide motifs called Atg8-interacting motifs/LC3-interacting regions (AIMs/LIRs). We have recently shown for the yeast Atg19 cargo receptor that the AIM/LIR motifs also serve to recruit the Atg12-Atg5-Atg16 complex, which stimulates Atg8 conjugation, to the cargo. We could further show in a reconstituted system that the recruitment of the Atg12-Atg5-Atg16 complex is sufficient for cargo-directed Atg8 conjugation. Our results suggest that AIM/LIR motifs could have more general roles in autophagy.
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