Energy Metabolism - Autophagy

5 important questions on Energy Metabolism - Autophagy

What are the two functions of autophagy?

1: removal of damaged parts
2: emergency supply of energy/biomolecules

What are the 3 pathways of autophagy?

 

1: microautophagy: direct invagination of lysosome membrane
2: macroautophagy: formation of double membrane (autophagosome) around organelle/protein, fuse with lysosome
3: chaperone-mediated autophage (CMA): substrate binds to chaperone, which is recognized my lysosomal receptors, which shuttle the substrate into the lysosome (no vesicle formation, selective)

Similar: endocytosis: invagination of cell membrane, transportation to lysosome

What is the difference between selective and non-selective macroautophagy?

 

non-selective: degrades cytosolic organelles and proteins
selective: degrades mitochondria

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What is the 1st complex of phagosome initiation, and how is it regulated?

complex consists of (clockwise): Ulk1/2, Atg13, Atg101, FIP200
it is inhibited when mTOR is bound to it (high nutrient level)

What is the 2nd complex of phagosome initiation, and how is it regulated?

complex consists of: Vsp34, Vsp15, Beclin-1
essential for Vsp34 (a PI3P) activitity, which regulates recruitment of proteins to membrane
Beclin-1 associating to Bcl-2 inhibits Vsp34 activity, inhibits macroautophagy

In a mature phagosome, LC3 and GATE-16 are bound to it

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