Autophagy-related protein 13; Activates the ATG1 kinase in a nutritional condition dependent manner through the TOR pathway, leading to autophagy. Also involved in cytoplasm to vacuole transport (Cvt) and more specifically in Cvt vesicle formation. Seems to play a role in the switching machinery regulating the conversion between the Cvt pathway and autophagy. Finally, ATG13 is also required for glycogen storage during stationary phase (By similarity); Belongs to the ATG13 family. Fungi subfamily.

Palmitoyltransferase PFA3; Palmitoyltransferase specific for VAC8. Palmitoylates VAC8 at one or more of its N-terminal cysteine residues, which is required for its proper membrane localization (By similarity).

Sorting nexin-4; Sorting nexin, involved in the separation or division of vacuoles throughout the entire life cycle of the cells. Involved in retrieval of late-Golgi SNAREs from post-Golgi endosomes to the trans- Golgi network, for cytoplasm to vacuole transport (Cvt), mitophagy, and pexophagy (By similarity).

Autophagy-related protein 17; Autophagy-specific protein that functions in response to autophagy-inducing signals as a scaffold to recruit other ATG proteins to organize pre-autophagosomal structure (PAS) formation. Modulates the timing and magnitude of the autophagy response, such as the size of the sequestering vesicles. Plays particularly a role in pexophagy and nucleophagy (By similarity); Belongs to the ATG17 family.

Palmitoyltransferase AKR1; Palmitoyltransferase specific for casein kinase 1. Belongs to the DHHC palmitoyltransferase family. AKR/ZDHHC17 subfamily.

Serine/threonine-protein kinase ATG1; Serine/threonine protein kinase involved in the cytoplasm to vacuole transport (Cvt) and found to be essential in autophagy, where it is required for the formation of autophagosomes. Involved in the clearance of protein aggregates which cannot be efficiently cleared by the proteasome. Required for selective autophagic degradation of the nucleus (nucleophagy) as well as for mitophagy which contributes to regulate mitochondrial quantity and quality by eliminating the mitochondria to a basal level to fulfill cellular energy requirements and preventing [...]

Palmitoyltransferase SWF1; Palmitoyltransferase that targets several endosomal SNAREs. Palmitoylates the SNAREs at cysteine residues close to the cytoplasmic end of their transmembrane domain. May have a role in the cellular quality control of transmembrane domain-containing proteins (By similarity); Belongs to the DHHC palmitoyltransferase family. SWF1 subfamily.

Autophagy-related protein 20; Required for cytoplasm to vacuole transport (Cvt), pexophagy and mitophagy. Also involved in endoplasmic reticulum-specific autophagic process and is essential for the survival of cells subjected to severe ER stress. Functions in protein retrieval from the endocytic pathway (By similarity).

Autophagy-related protein 9; Involved in autophagy and cytoplasm to vacuole transport (Cvt) vesicle formation. Plays a key role in the organization of the preautophagosomal structure/phagophore assembly site (PAS), the nucleating site for formation of the sequestering vesicle. Required for mitophagy. Cycles between the PAS and the cytoplasmic vesicle pool and may participate in supplying membrane for the growing autophagosome. Also involved in endoplasmic reticulum-specific autophagic process and is essential for the survival of cells subjected to severe ER stress. Different machinerie [...]