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ArticleNature communications2023

A conserved membrane curvature-generating protein is crucial for autophagosome formation in fission yeast.

Ning Wang, Yoko Shibata, Joao A Paulo, Steven P Gygi, Tom A Rapoport

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ning WangHoward Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3383-5915
Yoko ShibataHoward Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Joao A PauloDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4291-413X
Steven P GygiDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7626-0034
Tom A RapoportHoward Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. tom_rapoport@hms.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9911-4216
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USHarvard University · US

Funding

New Sample Multiplexing Technologies to Identify Chemical Probes and Illuminate Ubiquitin BiologyR01GM067945 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI GYGI, STEVEN P · 2003 to 2024
$10.5M
Advancing Multiplexed Isobaric Tag-based Strategies for Proteome ProfilingR01GM132129 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI PAULO, JOAO A · 2019 to 2023
$1.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM067945NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM132129
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organelles are shaped by curvature-generating proteins, which include the reticulons and REEPs that are involved in forming the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). A conserved REEP subfamily differs from the ER-shaping REEPs in abundance and membrane topology and has unidentified functions. Here, we show that Rop1, the single member of this family in the fission yeast Schizosacharomyces pombe, is crucial for the macroautophagy of organelles and cytosolic proteins. Rop1 is needed for the formation of phagophores, cup-like structures consisting of two closely apposed membrane sheets that encapsulate cargo. It is recruited at early stages to phagophores and is required for their maturation into autophagosomes. Rop1 function relies on its ability to generate high membrane curvature and on its colocalization with the autophagy component Atg2 that is thought to reside at the phagophore rim. We propose that Rop1 facilitates the formation and growth of the double-membrane structure of the autophagosome.

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Membrane ProteinsSchizosaccharomycesAutophagosomesAutophagyAutophagy-Related ProteinsMacroautophagyAutophagy-Related ProteinsMembrane Proteins

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PMID37553386
PMCPMC10409813
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