| Literature DB >> 21801009 |
Noboru Mizushima1, Tamotsu Yoshimori, Yoshinori Ohsumi.
Abstract
Macroautophagy is mediated by a unique organelle, the autophagosome, which encloses a portion of cytoplasm for delivery to the lysosome. Autophagosome formation is dynamically regulated by starvation and other stresses and involves complicated membrane reorganization. Since the discovery of yeast Atg-related proteins, autophagosome formation has been dissected at the molecular level. In this review we describe the molecular mechanism of autophagosome formation with particular focus on the function of Atg proteins and the long-standing discussion regarding the origin of the autophagosome membrane.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21801009 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-092910-154005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol ISSN: 1081-0706 Impact factor: 13.827