Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Endonuclease G promotes autophagy by suppressing mTOR signaling and activating the DNA damage response

  • Wenjun Wang,
  • Jianshuang Li,
  • Junyang Tan,
  • Miaomiao Wang,
  • Jing Yang,
  • Zhi-Min Zhang,
  • Chuanzhou Li,
  • Alexei G. Basnakian,
  • Hong-Wen Tang,
  • Norbert Perrimon,
  • Qinghua Zhou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20780-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The role of Endonuclease G in autophagy remains unclear. Here the authors report that ENDOG is released from mitochondria during starvation and promotes autophagy by suppressing mTOR signaling and activating DNA damage response.