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. 2018 Nov 5;60(2):229–241. doi: 10.1194/jlr.R089490

TABLE 2.

PTMs in class III PI3K subunits

Subunit Position Type Enzyme Region Reference Effect Position in Yeast
VPS34 K29 Acet. p300 C2 (25) Inhibits VPS34-Beclin 1 association, enhances Rubicon interaction H28
T159 Phos. Cdk1/Cdk5 C2HH (19) Inhibits interaction with Beclin 1 NA
T163, S165 Phos. AMPK C2HH (15) Inhibits autophagic complex assembly NA
S249 Phos. Ulk1 C2 (60) No effect G237
D285 Caspase-mediated cleavage Caspase 8 C2/helical linker (20) Abolishes kinase activity, decreases interaction with Beclin 1 Q296
T668 Phos. Cdk5 Kinase (N-lobe) (19) Inhibits lipid kinase activity T656
T677 Phos. PDK Kinase (N-lobe) (105) Activates autophagy P665
K771 Acet. p300 Kinase (C-lobe) (25) Disrupts VPS34-PtdIns interaction K759
K781 Acet. Kinase (C-lobe) (25) K781Q mutation attenuates VPS34-PtdIns interaction P769
K840 SUMO. TRIM28/KAP1 Kinase (C-lobe) (106) Enhances association with Beclin 1 L828
Y231 Phos. Src C2/helical linker (107) Stimulates VPS34 translocation to the plasma membrane induced by insulin, and activation there E219
Y310 Phos. Helical (107) A321
k348, k352 (C. elegans) K63-poly-polyubiquitylation UBC-13–UEV-1–CHN-1 Helical (21) Stabilizes VPS-34 (C. elegans) K339 K343
VPS15 2G Myristoyl. ? N terminus (46) G2A single mutant is similar to WT, phenotypes are enhanced when G2A is combined with one C-terminal deletions (S. cerevisiae) 2G
Beclin 1 S15 Phos. ULK1 IDR (6) Enhances activity of complex I NA
S30 Phos. Acetylated PGK1 IDR (108) Enhances the ability of VPS34 to bind to PtdIns thereby increasing complex I activity S15
S90 Phos. CaMKII IDR (109) Promotes activation of autophagy via Beclin 1 dissociation from Bcl-2 D78
S90 Phos. MK2 and MK3 IDR (110) Promotes autophagy D78
S93, S96 Phos. AMPK IDR (15) Activates the pro-autophagy Vps34 complex, and induces autophagy L81, S85
S90,93 Phos. ? IDR (111) Critical for maximally efficient autophagy D78, L81
T108 Phos. Mst1 BH3 (112) Inhibits the activity of complex I and suppresses autophagy S154
K117 K63-linked ubiquitination TRAF6 BH3 (113) Critical for TLR4-triggered autophagy in macrophages N162
T119 Phos. DAPK BH3 (114) Promotes the dissociation of Beclin 1 from Bcl-XL and the induction of autophagy M164
TDVD133 and DQLD149 Caspase-mediated cleavage Casp-3, 7 and 8 CC1 (115) Yields fragmentation of Beclin 1, which lacks the autophagy-inducing capacity
Y229, Y233 and/or Y352 Phos. EGFR CC2 and/or BARA (65) Decreases Beclin 1-associated VPS34 kinase activity K282, Q286 and/or Y419
S234, S295 Phos. Akt CC2 (and possibly BARA) (66) Inhibits autophagy and promotes the formation of the Beclin 1/14-3-3/vimentin intermediate filament complex N287 (and possibly E348)
T388 Phos. AMPK BARA (116) Causes a higher affinity for BCL2 S459
K402 K48-linked ubiquitination ? BARA (117) Causes proteasome-mediated degradation, de-ubiquitinated by ataxin3 K498
K430, K437 Acet. p300 BARA (118) Inhibits autophagosome maturation and endocytic trafficking by promoting the recruitment of Rubicon. K520, K527
K437 K63-linked ubiquitination Ambra1 BARA (119) Enhances the association with VPS34 to promote Vps34 activity K527
ATG14L S3 Phos. mTOR N-ter to CXXC (72) Inhibits complex I activity NA
S223 Phos. C-ter NA
S233 Phos. C-ter NA
T383 Phos. C-ter V288
S440 Phos. BATS NA
R423, R442 BATS (75) PtdIns(4,5)P2 binding, important for binding to the autophagosome NA
S29 Phos. Ulk1 N-terminal before CXXC (70) Important for complex I activity NA
UVRAG S493 Phos. mTOR C-Ter (89) Not known NA
S498 Phos. (13, 89, 120, 121) Incrcases the association with Rubicon inhibits VPS34, decreased endosome maturation NA
S508 Phos. (89) Not known NA
S518 Phos. (13, 120) Not known NA
S522 Phos. (89) Not known NA
S549 Phos. (89, 120) Not known NA
S550 Phos. (13, 89, 120) Increases VPS34 complex II activity and promotes autophagosome-lysosome reformation NA
S571 Phos. (13, 120) Increases VPS34 complex II activity and promotes autophagosome-lysosome reformation NA
S582 Phos. (89) Not known NA
S689 Phos. (13, 120) Not known NA