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The yeast autophagy protease Atg4 is regulated by thioredoxin.
Autophagy - 1 Jan 2014
Pérez-Pérez María Esther, Zaffagnini Mirko, Marchand Christophe H, Crespo José L, Lemaire Stéphane D
Abstract excerpt
Autophagy is a membrane-trafficking process whereby double-membrane vesicles called autophagosomes engulf and deliver intracellular material to the vacuole for degradation. Atg4 is a cysteine protease with an essential function in autophagosome formation. Mounting evidence suggests that reactive oxygen species may play a role in the control of autophagy and could regulate Atg4 activity but the precise mechanisms...
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