Structure of the Atg101-Atg13 complex reveals essential roles of Atg101 in autophagy initiation

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 572-580

  Suzuki, Hironori ^a   Kaizuka, Takeshi ^b   Mizushima, Noboru ^b   Noda, Nobuo N ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPHAGY PROTEIN 101; AUTOPHAGY PROTEIN 13; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN MAD2; UNC 51 LIKE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ATG101 PROTEIN, S POMBE; ATG13 PROTEIN, S POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

AUTOPHAGY; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS;

EID: 84936846861     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3036     Document Type: Article

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