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The carboxyl terminal 17 amino acids within Apg7 are essential for Apg8 lipidation, but not for Apg12 conjugation.
FEBS letters - 11 Sept 2003
Yamazaki-Sato Harumi, Tanida Isei, Ueno Takashi, Kominami Eiki
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In the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, two ubiquitin-like modifications, Apg12 conjugation with Apg5 and Apg8 lipidation with phosphatidylethanolamine, are essential for autophagy and the cytoplasm-to-vacuole transport of aminopeptidase I (Cvt pathway). As a unique E1-like enzyme, Apg7 activates...
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