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The expanding role of Atg8.

ABSTRACT: It would be quite convenient if every protein had one distinct function, one distinct role in just a single cellular process. In the field of macroautophagy/autophagy, however, we are increasingly finding that this is not the case; several autophagy proteins have two or more roles within the process of autophagy and many even "moonlight" as functional members of entirely different cellular processes. This is perhaps best exemplified by the Atg8-family proteins. These dynamic proteins have already been reported to serve several functions both within autophagy (membrane tethering, membrane fusion, binding to cargo receptors, binding to autophagy machinery) and beyond (LC3-associated phagocytosis, formation of EDEMosomes, immune signaling) but as Maruyama and colleagues suggest in their recent report, this list of functions may not yet be complete.

SUBMITTER: Hawkins WD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8632317 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

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The expanding role of Atg8.

Hawkins Wayne D WD Klionsky Daniel J DJ

Autophagy 20210905 11

It would be quite convenient if every protein had one distinct function, one distinct role in just a single cellular process. In the field of macroautophagy/autophagy, however, we are increasingly finding that this is not the case; several autophagy proteins have two or more roles within the process of autophagy and many even "moonlight" as functional members of entirely different cellular processes. This is perhaps best exemplified by the Atg8-family proteins. These dynamic proteins have alread ...[more]

PMID: 34482799

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