Ypt1 recruits the Atg1 kinase to the preautophagosomal structure.

When macroautophagy, a catabolic process that rids the cells of unwanted proteins, is initiated, 30-60 nm Atg9 vesicles move from the Golgi to the preautophagosomal structure (PAS) to initiate autophagosome formation. The Rab GTPase Ypt1 and its mammalian homolog Rab1 regulate macroautophagy and two other trafficking events: endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi and ...
intra-Golgi traffic. How a Rab, which localizes to three distinct cellular locations, achieves specificity is unknown. Here we show that transport protein particle III (TRAPPIII), a conserved autophagy-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Ypt1/Rab1, is recruited to the PAS by Atg17. We also show that activated Ypt1 recruits the putative membrane curvature sensor Atg1 to the PAS, bringing it into proximity to its binding partner Atg17. Since Atg17 resides at the PAS, these events ensure that Atg1 will specifically localize to the PAS and not to the other compartments where Ypt1 resides. We propose that Ypt1 regulates Atg9 vesicle tethering by modulating the delivery of Atg1 to the PAS. These events appear to be conserved in higher cells.
Mesh Terms:
Animals, Autophagy, COS Cells, Carrier Proteins, Cercopithecus aethiops, Golgi Apparatus, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors, HeLa Cells, Humans, Immunoblotting, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Membrane Proteins, Mice, Microscopy, Fluorescence, NIH 3T3 Cells, Phagosomes, Protein Binding, Protein Kinases, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Vesicular Transport Proteins, rab GTP-Binding Proteins, rab1 GTP-Binding Proteins
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.
Date: Jun. 11, 2013
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