title: Digesting cytotoxic stressors - an unconventional mechanism to induce autophagy.
abstract: Autophagy is an essential and fundamental pathway that clears unwanted or damaged material from the cell. Initiation of autophagy was previously shown to be dependent on the Ulk1/2 kinase complex. In this issue of The FEBS Journal, Braden and Neufeld investigated the Ulk3 homolog in Drosophila, and proposed a novel, Ulk1/2 independent pathway for autophagy initiation.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Membrane and Organelle Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany.
authors.forename: Christine R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Langlois
authors.affiliation: Molecular Membrane and Organelle Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wollert
mesh_terms: D001343:Autophagy