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AUTOPHAGY
Volume 5, Issue 7, Pages 1057-1059Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/auto.5.7.9684
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autophagy; apoptosis; Atg4; mitochondria; caspases
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The Atg4 family of endopeptidases regulates autophagosome biogenesis by priming newly synthesized Atg8 to enable covalent attachment of phosphatidylethanolamine, and by delipidating Atg8 at the lysosomal fusion step. Control of Atg4 activity is therefore crucial, although little is known about how these molecules are regulated in living cells. We have found that one human Atg4 family member (Atg4D) is cleaved at (DEVDK)-K-63 by caspase-3 during apoptosis. Importantly, our studies suggest that native Atg4D is enzymatically inactive, but gains GABARAP-L1 priming/delipidation activity following caspase cleavage. Caspase-cleaved Atg4D is also highly cytotoxic; however, toxicity is not due to enhanced autophagy, but is mediated by a putative C-terminal BH3 domain, and is associated with transient recruitment of Atg4D to mitochondria.
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