title: Tor-mediated induction of autophagy via an Apg1 protein kinase complex.
abstract: Autophagy is a membrane trafficking to vacuole/lysosome induced by nutrient starvation. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Tor protein, a phosphatidylinositol kinase-related kinase, is involved in the repression of autophagy induction by a largely unknown mechanism. Here, we show that the protein kinase activity of Apg1 is enhanced by starvation or rapamycin treatment. In addition, we have also found that Apg13, which binds to and activates Apg1, is hyperphosphorylated in a Tor-dependent manner, reducing its affinity to Apg1. This Apg1-Apg13 association is required for autophagy, but not for the cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting (Cvt) pathway, another vesicular transport mechanism in which factors essential for autophagy (Apg proteins) are also employed under vegetative growth conditions. Finally, other Apg1-associating proteins, such as Apg17 and Cvt9, are shown to function specifically in autophagy or the Cvt pathway, respectively, suggesting that the Apg1 complex plays an important role in switching between two distinct vesicular transport systems in a nutrient-dependent manner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Funakoshi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shintani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohsumi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohsumi
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000906:Antibodies / Q000494:pharmacology; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001343:Autophagy / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D000071183:Autophagy-Related Proteins; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000201:enzymology; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016296:Mutagenesis / Q000502:physiology; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011494:Protein Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D020123:Sirolimus / Q000494:pharmacology; D013217:Starvation; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: C413216:ATG13 protein, S cerevisiae; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000906:Antibodies; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000071183:Autophagy-Related Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C100984:TAP42 protein, S cerevisiae; D011494:Protein Kinases; C477823:ATG1 protein, S cerevisiae; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C080148:tor protein, Drosophila; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D020123:Sirolimus