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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Braden CR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5123689 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Braden Christopher R CR Neufeld Thomas P TP
The FEBS journal 20161011 21
Although canonical autophagy regulation requires a multi-protein complex centered on the Ser/Thr-kinase Atg1 (mammalian Ulk1/2), alternative signals can induce autophagy independent of Atg1 through unknown mechanisms. Here we identify the Drosophila Ulk3 ortholog, another Drosophila Unc-51-like kinase (ADUK), as an Atg1-independent autophagy inducer. ADUK interacts with Atg1 complex members Atg13 and 200 kDa FAK family kinase-interacting protein, and requires Atg13 but not Atg1 for autophagy ind ...[more]