Publication Date:
2015-07-08
Description:
Article Atg32 is required for mitophagy in yeast, however, a mammalian homologue of this protein has not been identified. Murakawa et al . identify Bcl-2-like protein 13 as a functional homologue of Atg32 in mammalian cells, and show that this protein can rescue mitophagy in Atg32-deficient yeast cells. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms8527 Authors: Tomokazu Murakawa, Osamu Yamaguchi, Ayako Hashimoto, Shungo Hikoso, Toshihiro Takeda, Takafumi Oka, Hiroki Yasui, Hiromichi Ueda, Yasuhiro Akazawa, Hiroyuki Nakayama, Manabu Taneike, Tomofumi Misaka, Shigemiki Omiya, Ajay M. Shah, Akitsugu Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Nishida, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Koji Okamoto, Yasushi Sakata, Kinya Otsu
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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