title: V-ATPase engagement in autophagic processes.
abstract: The proton pumping activity of V-ATPase is responsible for acidification of the lysosome/vacuole. The low lumenal pH of this organelle stimulates the activity of a battery of resident hydrolases responsible for the degradation of various nonselective and selective cargos delivered by autophagic processes. However, the role of V-ATPase in membrane dynamics required for the uptake of autophagic cargo is far from fully understood. Consideration of the available data leads us to speculate that autophagic processes involving direct membrane-to-membrane contacts between the selected cargo and the vacuolar membrane require functional V-ATPase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Victoria, Australia. Dalibor.Mijaljica@monash.edu
authors.forename: Dalibor
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mijaljica
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prescott
authors.forename: Rodney J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Devenish
mesh_terms: D001343:Autophagy; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D004705:Endocytosis; D005658:Fungi / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008954:Models, Biological; D009154:Mutation; D017494:Proton Pumps; D025262:Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017494:Proton Pumps; D025262:Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases