This MIT domain is the microtubule interaction and trafficking of nuclear receptor-binding factor 2 - NRBF2 - in higher eukaryotes. It is a coiled-coil region at the N-terminus of Pfam:PF08961 [1]. NRBF2 plays an essential role in autophagy, the cell ...
This MIT domain is the microtubule interaction and trafficking of nuclear receptor-binding factor 2 - NRBF2 - in higher eukaryotes. It is a coiled-coil region at the N-terminus of Pfam:PF08961 [1]. NRBF2 plays an essential role in autophagy, the cellular pathway that degrades long-lived proteins and other cytoplasmic contents through lysosomes. NRBF2 binds Atg14L - a Beclin-binding protein - directly via the MIT domain and enhances Atg14L-linked Vps34 kinase (a class III phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase) activity and autophagy induction [2].