title: Transport of proteins to the yeast vacuole: autophagy, cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting, and role of the vacuole in degradation.
abstract: The vacuole/lysosome performs a central role in degradation. Proteins and organelles are transported to the vacuole by selective and non-selective pathways. Transport to the vacuole by autophagy is the primary mode for degradation of cytoplasmic constituents under starvation conditions. Autophagy overlaps mechanistically and genetically with a biosynthetic pathway termed Cvt (Cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting) that operates under vegetative conditions to transport the resident vacuolar hydrolase aminopeptidase I (API). API import has been dissected to reveal the action of a novel mechanism that transports cargo within double-membrane vesicles. Recent work has uncovered molecular components involved in autophagy and the Cvt pathway.
authors.affiliation: Section of Microbiology, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Teter
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Klionsky
mesh_terms: D000626:Aminopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D001343:Autophagy; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D021381:Protein Transport; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D015003:Yeasts / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D000626:Aminopeptidases; C019689:APE1 protein, S cerevisiae