Nature Communications (May 2019)

STX17 dynamically regulated by Fis1 induces mitophagy via hierarchical macroautophagic mechanism

  • Hongxu Xian,
  • Qiaoyun Yang,
  • Lin Xiao,
  • Han-Ming Shen,
  • Yih-Cherng Liou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10096-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Mitophagy plays a critical role in cellular homeostasis, and PINK1/Parkin-mediated mitophagy is the most thoroughly characterized. Here, Xian et al. show that STX17 induces mitophagy via a macroautophagy pathway regulated by Fis1, by a PINK1/Parkin-independent route.