ERC Advanced Grant · 2017
In vitro high resolution reconstitution of autophagosome nucleation and expansion catalyzed by ATG9
Autophagy is a conserved, lysosomal-mediated pathway required for cell homeostasis and survival. It is controlled by the master regulators of energy (AMPK) and growth (TORC1) and mediated by the ATG (autophagy) proteins. Deregulation of autophagy is implicated in cancer, immunity, infection, aging and neurodegeneration. Autophagosomes form and expand using membranes from the secretory and endocytic pathways but how this occurs is not understood. ATG9, the only transmembrane ATG protein traffics through the cell in vesicles, and is essential for rapid initiation and expansion of the membranes which form the autophagosome. Crucially, how ATG9 functions is unknown. I will determine how ATG9…
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