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ReviewProceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences2025

Mechanisms of autophagosome formation.

Yuko Fujioka, Nobuo N. Noda

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Review in Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
    Article
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  4. Review
  5. Food science & nutrition · 2026
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  6. Review
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  8. Autophagy-Related Proteins Influence Mouse Epididymal Sperm Motility.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Article
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Yuko FujiokaInstitute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6905-0669
Nobuo N. NodaInstitute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6940-8069

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The formation of autophagosomes is a pivotal step in autophagy, a lysosomal degradation system that plays a crucial role in maintaining cellular homeostasis. After autophagy induction, phase separation of the autophagy-related (Atg) 1 complex occurs, facilitating the gathering of Atg proteins and organizes the autophagosome formation site, where the initial isolation membrane (IM)/phagophore is generated. The IM then expands after receiving phospholipids from endomembranes such as the endoplasmic reticulum. This process is driven by the collaboration of lipid transfer (Atg2) and scrambling (Atg9) proteins. The IM assumes a cup shaped morphology and undergoes closure, resulting in the formation of a double membrane-bound autophagosome. The Atg8 lipidation system is hypothesized to be a pivotal factor in this process. This review presents an overview of the current understanding of these processes and discusses the basic mechanisms of autophagosome formation.

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AutophagosomesAutophagyAnimalsAutophagy-Related ProteinsHumansAutophagy-Related Proteinsautophagosomeautophagylipid scramblaselipid transfer proteinphase separationubiquitin-like protein

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PMID39805588
PMCPMC11808202

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