The intracellular pathogen L. pneumophila interferes with autophagy by delivering an effector protein, RavZ, into the host cytosol. This effector protein cleaves membrane-conjugated Atg8/LC3 proteins from pre-autophagosomal structures. RavZ is a two ...
The intracellular pathogen L. pneumophila interferes with autophagy by delivering an effector protein, RavZ, into the host cytosol. This effector protein cleaves membrane-conjugated Atg8/LC3 proteins from pre-autophagosomal structures. RavZ is a two domain protein consisting of an N-terminal catalytic domain and a C-terminal phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PI3P)-binding domain [1]. RavZ targets the autophagosome via the PI3P-binding domain.
Light chain 3 is proposed to function primarily as a subunit of microtubule associated proteins 1A and 1B and that its expression may regulate microtubule binding activity [1]. Autophagy is generally known as a process involved in the degradation of ...
Light chain 3 is proposed to function primarily as a subunit of microtubule associated proteins 1A and 1B and that its expression may regulate microtubule binding activity [1]. Autophagy is generally known as a process involved in the degradation of bulk cytoplasmic components that are non-specifically sequestered into an autophagosome, where they are sequestered into double-membrane vesicles and delivered to the degradative organelle, the lysosome/vacuole, for breakdown and eventual recycling of the resulting macromolecules. The yeast proteins are involved in the autophagosome, and Atg8 binds Atg19, via its N-terminus and the C-terminus of Atg19.
