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ArticleeLife2014

Architecture and dynamics of the autophagic phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase complex.

Sulochanadevi Baskaran, Lars-Anders Carlson, Goran Stjepanovic, Lindsey N Young, Do Jin Kim, Patricia Grob, Robin E Stanley, Eva Nogales, James H Hurley

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Article in eLife, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 108 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Sulochanadevi BaskaranDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.
Lars-Anders CarlsonDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.
Goran StjepanovicDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.
Lindsey N YoungDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.
Do Jin KimDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.
Patricia GrobDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.
Robin E StanleyLaboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.
Eva NogalesDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.
James H HurleyDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.

Funding

THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF CELL FUNCTIONT32GM007232 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI BILDER, DAVID, UNAL, ELCIN · 1985 to 2022
$36.4M
The Autophagy Initiation ComplexesR01GM111730 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI HURLEY, JAMES H · 2014 to 2021
$2.2M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS GM111730NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM111730NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007232
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The class III phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase complex I (PI3KC3-C1) that functions in early autophagy consists of the lipid kinase VPS34, the scaffolding protein VPS15, the tumor suppressor BECN1, and the autophagy-specific subunit ATG14. The structure of the ATG14-containing PI3KC3-C1 was determined by single-particle EM, revealing a V-shaped architecture. All of the ordered domains of VPS34, VPS15, and BECN1 were mapped by MBP tagging. The dynamics of the complex were defined using hydrogen-deuterium exchange, revealing a novel 20-residue ordered region C-terminal to the VPS34 C2 domain. VPS15 organizes the complex and serves as a bridge between VPS34 and the ATG14:BECN1 subcomplex. Dynamic transitions occur in which the lipid kinase domain is ejected from the complex and VPS15 pivots at the base of the V. The N-terminus of BECN1, the target for signaling inputs, resides near the pivot point. These observations provide a framework for understanding the allosteric regulation of lipid kinase activity.

Indexed as

AutophagyAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsClass III Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesHumansMicroscopy, ElectronMolecular Sequence DataProtein ConformationSequence Homology, Amino AcidClass III Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinasesautophagybiophysicshumanhydrogen–deuterium exchangelipid kinaseprotein kinasestructural biologythree dimensional electron microscopy

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PMID25490155
PMCPMC4281882

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