title: Autophagy: one more Nobel Prize for yeast.
abstract: The recent announcement of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for the discoveries of mechanisms governing autophagy, underscores the importance of intracellular degradation and recycling. At the same time, it further cements yeast, in which this field decisively developed, as a prolific model organism. Here we provide a quick historical overview that mirrors both the importance of autophagy as a conserved and essential process for cellular life and death as well as the crucial role of yeast in its mechanistic characterization.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Katharina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kainz
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andryushkova
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hofer
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria. ; BioTechMed Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Madeo
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Didac
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carmona-Gutierrez
keywords: ATG; autophagy; mitophagy; yeast