Cooperative Function of Atg8- and TORC1-Mediated Activities in Yeast.

ABSTRACT: The target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC1) protein kinase plays an important role in regulating various cellular activities in response to nutrient availability. In this study, an autophagy-related protein 8 (atg8) mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was highly sensitive to cellular processes in which TORC1 activity was inhibited by rapamycin treatment or by a mutated allele of KOG1 which encodes a subunit of TORC1. Atg8 exhibits both lipidation-dependent and -independent activities, each involving distinct factors. Lipidation of Atg8 is necessary for autophagy and functions with autophagy-related proteins like Atg7, whereas the lipidation-independent activities of Atg8 require Hfl1. The atg7Δhfl1Δ double mutant exhibited defects for the impaired TORC1 activities, suggesting that both lipida

SUBMITTER: Oba Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12511908 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature