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ArticleAutophagy2025

The emerging significance of Vac8, a multi-purpose armadillo-repeat protein in yeast.

Hana Popelka, Daniel J Klionsky

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Article in Autophagy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. The Vacuolar Protein 8 (Vac8) Homolog inJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Hana PopelkaLife Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Daniel J KlionskyLife Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7828-8118

Funding

The mechanism and regulation of autophagyR35GM131919 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI DANIEL J. KLIONSKY · 2019 to 2026
$6.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM131919
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vac8 is the sole armadillo-repeat (ARM) protein in yeast. The function of Vac8 in the cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting pathway has been known for a long time but its role in the phagophore assembly site localization and recruitment of autophagy-related protein complexes is slowly coming to light. Because Vac8 is also involved in formation of the nuclear-vacuole junction and vacuole inheritance, the protein needs to be a competent and wide-ranging mediator of cellular processes. In this article, we discuss two recent studies reporting on Vac8 and its binding partners. We describe Vac8 in the context of crystallized protein complexes as well as predicted models to reveal the versatility of Vac8 and its potential to become a subject of future autophagy research.

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Armadillo Domain ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsVesicular Transport ProteinsAutophagyVacuolesArmadillo Domain ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsVesicular Transport ProteinsAtg13Atg14crystal structureNvj1Vac17

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PMID39045779
PMCPMC12013421

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