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PDBsum entry 4p1w

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4p1w
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Protein chains
72 a.a.
135 a.a.
399 a.a.
66 a.a.
126 a.a.
Ligands
SER-SER-PHE-GLY-
ARG-LEU

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Key reference
Title Structural basis of starvation-Induced assembly of the autophagy initiation complex.
Authors Y.Fujioka, S.W.Suzuki, H.Yamamoto, C.Kondo-Kakuta, Y.Kimura, H.Hirano, R.Akada, F.Inagaki, Y.Ohsumi, N.N.Noda.
Ref. Nat Struct Biol, 2014, 21, 513-521. [DOI no: 10.1038/nsmb.2822]
PubMed id 24793651
Abstract
Assembly of the preautophagosomal structure (PAS) is essential for autophagy initiation in yeast. Starvation-induced dephosphorylation of Atg13 is required for the formation of the Atg1-Atg13-Atg17-Atg29-Atg31 complex (Atg1 complex), a prerequisite for PAS assembly. However, molecular details underlying these events have not been established. Here we studied the interactions of yeast Atg13 with Atg1 and Atg17 by X-ray crystallography. Atg13 binds tandem microtubule interacting and transport domains in Atg1, using an elongated helix-loop-helix region. Atg13 also binds Atg17, using a short region, thereby bridging Atg1 and Atg17 and leading to Atg1-complex formation. Dephosphorylation of specific serines in Atg13 enhanced its interaction with not only Atg1 but also Atg17. These observations update the autophagy-initiation model as follows: upon starvation, dephosphorylated Atg13 binds both Atg1 and Atg17, and this promotes PAS assembly and autophagy progression.
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