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. 2019 Oct 18;10(4):569–581. doi: 10.1016/j.apsb.2019.10.003

Table 2.

Phosphorylation regulation of autophagy-related kinases.

Kinase Substrate Site Function Ref.
PI3K PIP2 Forms second messenger PIP3 15
PDK1 AKT Thr308 Activates AKT signaling 22
AKT TSC2 Ser939/Thr1462 Dissociates TSC1/2 from lysosome and activates Rheb 23
AMPK TSC2 Thr1227/Ser1345 Regulates cell size and cell survival under energy starvation condition 24
Raptor Ser722/Ser792 Mediates a metabolic checkpoint 25
ULK1 Ser317/Ser555/Ser777 Induces autophagy under glucose starvation 26, 27
PRAS40 Thr246 Regulates the activity of mTORC1 28
FOXO3a Ser413/Ser588 Transcriptionally represses SKP2 29
LKB1 AMPKα Thr172 Mediates the prolonged and adaptive activation of AMPK following energy stress 30
CaMKKβ AMPKα Thr172 Activates AMPK in response to increase in cellular Ca2+ 31
TAK1 AMPKα1/2 Thr183/Thr172 Activates AMPKα1/2 32
mTORC1 ULK1 Ser757 Disrupts the ULK1–AMPK interaction 26
DAP1 Ser3/Ser51 Inhibits autophagy indirectly 33
AMBRA1 Ser52 Inhibits autophagy indirectly 33, 34
TFEB Ser142 Inhibits autophagy indirectly 33, 34
ULK1 Beclin-1 Ser14 Induces autophagy 16
ATG9 Ser14 Promotes ATG9 trafficking in response to starvation 35
ATG4B Ser316 Inhibits ATG4B activity and LC3 processing 36
AMBRA1 Ser465/Ser635 Regulates dissociation of AmpRa1–Vps34–beclin-1 from the dynein complex 37
Raptor Ser855/Ser859/Ser792 Inhibits mTORC1 during starvation 38
ATG13 Ser318 Promotes its release to damaged mitochondria 39
PKCα ULK1 Ser423 Prevents autolysosome formation 40
DAPK1 Beclin-1 Thr119 Liberates beclin-1 from BCL-2 and BCL-XL 41
DAPK3 Beclin-1 Ser90 Regulates autophagy in skeletal muscle 42
DAPK2 Raptor Ser721 Modulates mTORC1 activity and autophagy level 43
JNK1 BCL-2 Thr69/Ser70/Ser87 Dissociates BCL-2 from beclin1 44
PIM2 TSC2 Ser1798 Relieves the suppression of TSC2 on mTORC1 45
BAD Ser112 Prevents dissociation of BCL-2 from beclin-1 46
GSK-3 Raptor Ser859 Regulates mTORC1 47
LRRK2 EndoA Ser75 Modulates the membrane curvature 48
PINK1 Parkin Ser65 Leads to the aggregation of parkin from cytoplasm to damaged mitochondria 49

– Not applicable.