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AUTOPHAGY
Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages 30-38Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/auto.2226
Keywords
pexophagy; autophagy; ATG genes; peroxisomes; Pichia pastoris
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- FIC NIH HHS [2R03TW00547, 2R03TW00547-04A2] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK41737] Funding Source: Medline
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In methylotrophic yeasts, peroxisomes are required for methanol utilization, but are dispensable for growth on most other carbon sources. Upon adaptation of cells grown on methanol to glucose or ethanol, redundant peroxisomes are selectively and quickly shipped to, and degraded in, vacuoles via a process termed pexophagy. We identified a novel gene named ATG28 (autophagy-related genes) involved in pexophagy in the yeast Pichia pastoris. This yeast exhibits two morphologically distinct pexophagy pathways, micro- and macropexophagy, induced by glucose or ethanol, respectively. Deficiency in ATG28 impairs both pexophagic mechanisms but not general (bulk turnover) autophagy, a degradation pathway in yeast triggered by nitrogen starvation. It is known that the micro-, macropexophagy, and general autophagy machineries are distinct but share some molecular components. The identification of ATG28 suggests that pexophagy may involve species-specific components, since this gene appears to have only weak homologues in other yeasts.
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