Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Plant AtEH/Pan1 proteins drive autophagosome formation at ER-PM contact sites with actin and endocytic machinery

  • Pengwei Wang,
  • Roman Pleskot,
  • Jingze Zang,
  • Joanna Winkler,
  • Jie Wang,
  • Klaas Yperman,
  • Tong Zhang,
  • Kun Wang,
  • Jinli Gong,
  • Yajie Guan,
  • Christine Richardson,
  • Patrick Duckney,
  • Michael Vandorpe,
  • Evelien Mylle,
  • Jindriska Fiserova,
  • Daniel Van Damme,
  • Patrick J. Hussey

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12782-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Arabidopsis EH/Pan1 proteins are part of the TPLATE complex (TPC) that is required for endocytosis in plants. Here, the authors show AtEH/Pan1 proteins also act in actin-mediated autophagy, by interacting with VAP27-1 at ER-PM contact sites and recruiting TPLATE and AP-2 complex subunits, clathrin and ARP2/3/ proteins to autophagosomes.