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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2013

ER exit sites are physical and functional core autophagosome biogenesis components.

Martin Graef, Jonathan R Friedman, Christopher Graham, Mohan Babu, Jodi Nunnari

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 218 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

218 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Stay in touch with the endoplasmic reticulum.Science China. Life sciences · 2024
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  15. Mechanisms of autophagosome formation.Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Martin GraefDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616 Department of Biochemistry, University of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada.
Jonathan R Friedman
Christopher Graham
Mohan Babu
Jodi Nunnari

Funding

The Mechanism of Mitochondrial Fission and Fusion.R01GM062942 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI NUNNARI, JODI M. · 2001 to 2013
$3.9M
Mechanisms controlling mitochondrial division and positioningR01GM097432 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI NUNNARI, JODI M. · 2011 to 2014
$1.2M
CIHR MOP-125952NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM062942NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM062942NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM097432NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM097432
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autophagy is a central homeostasis and stress response pathway conserved in all eukaryotes. One hallmark of autophagy is the de novo formation of autophagosomes. These double-membrane vesicular structures form around and deliver cargo for degradation by the vacuole/lysosome. Where and how autophagosomes form are outstanding questions. Here we show, using proteomic, cytological, and functional analyses, that autophagosomes are spatially, physically, and functionally linked to endoplasmic reticulum exit sites (ERES), which are specialized regions of the endoplasmic reticulum where COPII transport vesicles are generated. Our data demonstrate that ERES are core autophagosomal biogenesis components whose function is required for the hierarchical assembly of the autophagy machinery immediately downstream of the Atg1 kinase complex at phagophore assembly sites.

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AutophagyAnimalsChlorocebus aethiopsCOP-Coated VesiclesCOS CellsEndoplasmic ReticulumModels, BiologicalPhagosomesProtein BindingSaccharomyces cerevisiaeVacuoles

Identifiers

PMID23904270
PMCPMC3771953

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