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ReviewThe Journal of biological chemistry2025

The human autophagy-initiating complexes ULK1C and PI3KC3-C1.

Minghao Chen, James H Hurley

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Review in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

15 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

2 authors.

Minghao ChenDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA; California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA; Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA.
James H HurleyDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA; California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA; Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA. Electronic address: jimhurley@berkeley.edu.

Funding

The autophagy core complexes in neuronal quality controlR01NS134598 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI James H Hurley · 2025 to 2026
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NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS134598
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The unc-51-like kinase complex (ULK1C) and the class III phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase complex I (PI3KC3-C1) are the key regulators of macroautophagy initiation. Understanding the assembly and coordination of these two complexes is essential for deciphering their cellular regulation and targeting them for therapeutic enhancement. This review highlights recent advances in our understanding of the structural organization and activation mechanisms of ULK1C and PI3KC3-C1 at the molecular level and discusses their roles within the protein interaction network governing autophagy initiation.

Indexed as

AutophagyAutophagy-Related Protein-1 HomologClass III Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsAnimalsHumansAutophagy-Related Protein-1 HomologClass III Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsULK1 protein, humanATG101ATG13ATG14autophagyBeclin-1BECN1cryo-EMFIP200mitophagyphosphoinositide kinaseprotein kinaseULK1VPS15VPS34

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PMID40543587
PMCPMC12275124

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