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- Title
A ubiquitin-like system mediates protein lipidation.
- Authors
Ichimura, Y; Kirisako, T; Takao, T; Satomi, Y; Shimonishi, Y; Ishihara, N; Mizushima, N; Tanida, I; Kominami, E; Ohsumi, M; Noda, T; Ohsumi, Y
- Abstract
Autophagy is a dynamic membrane phenomenon for bulk protein degradation in the lysosome/vacuole. Apg8/Aut7 is an essential factor for autophagy in yeast. We previously found that the carboxy-terminal arginine of nascent Apg8 is removed by Apg4/Aut2 protease, leaving a glycine residue at the C terminus. Apg8 is then converted to a form (Apg8-X) that is tightly bound to the membrane. Here we report a new mode of protein lipidation. Apg8 is covalently conjugated to phosphatidylethanolamine through an amide bond between the C-terminal glycine and the amino group of phosphatidylethanolamine. This lipidation is mediated by a ubiquitination-like system. Apg8 is a ubiquitin-like protein that is activated by an E1 protein, Apg7 (refs 7, 8), and is transferred subsequently to the E2 enzymes Apg3/Aut1 (ref. 9). Apg7 activates two different ubiquitin-like proteins, Apg12 (ref. 10) and Apg8, and assigns them to specific E2 enzymes, Apg10 (ref. 11) and Apg3, respectively. These reactions are necessary for the formation of Apg8-phosphatidylethanolamine. This lipidation has an essential role in membrane dynamics during autophagy.
- Publication
Nature, 2000, Vol 408, Issue 6811, p488
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/35044114