Atg8 an autophagy-related ubiquitin-like protein family.docVIP

Shpilka et al. Genome Biology 2011,12:226 /2011/12/7/226 PROT EIN FA MILY RE VIE W Atg8: an autophagy-related ubiquitin-like protein family Tomer Shpilka , Hilla Weidberg , Shmuel Pietrokovski * and Zvulun Elazar * 1 1 2 1 Gene organization and evolutionary history Abstract Autophagy-related 8 proteins (Atg8s) are one of the 62 highly conserved eukaryote-speci?c protein families [1]. Whereas yeast and other fungal