Small GTPases controlling autophagy-related membrane traffic in yeast and metazoans

Takáts, Szabolcs and Boda, Attila and Csizmadia, Tamás and Juhász, Gábor (2016) Small GTPases controlling autophagy-related membrane traffic in yeast and metazoans. SMALL GTPASES, 2016. pp. 1-7. ISSN 2154-1248

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Abstract

During macroautophagy, the phagophore-mediated formation of autophagosomes and their subsequent fusion with lysosomes requires extensive transformation of the endomembrane system. Membrane dynamics in eukaryotic cells is regulated by small GTPase proteins including Arfs and Rabs. The small GTPase proteins that regulate autophagic membrane traffic are mostly conserved in yeast and metazoans, but there are also several differences. In this mini-review, we compare the small GTPase network of yeast and metazoan cells that regulates autophagy, and point out the similarities and differences in these organisms.

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