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. 2021 May 10;18(1):104–123. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2021.1909407

Table 1.

Characterized phosphosites on the yeast Atg machinery

Atg protein and phosphosites
Function
Kinase Phosphatase
References
 
Atg1        
Ser34 Kinase activity decrease ? ? [52]
Thr226 Autoactivation, autophagy Atg1 Ptc2 [39,41,110]
Ser230 Autoactivation, autophagy Atg1 ? [39]
Ser508 PAS localization and autophagy inhibition PKA ? [51]
Ser515 PAS localization and autophagy inhibition PKA ? [51]
Ser518 ? TORC1 ? [53]
Atg4        
Ser307 Atg4 proteolytic activity and autophagy inhibition Atg1 ? [158]
Atg9        
Ser19 Phagophore formation induction Atg1 ? [142]
Ser122 Enhancement of the interaction With Atg23 and Atg27, and autophagy ? ? [116]
Ser657 Phagophore formation induction Atg1 ? [142]
Ser802 Phagophore formation induction Atg1 ? [142]
Ser831 Phagophore formation induction Atg1 ? [142]
Ser948 Phagophore formation induction Atg1 ? [142]
Ser969 Phagophore formation induction Atg1 ? [142]
Atg13        
Ser344 PAS localization and autophagy PKA ? [68]
Ser348 Mutated in Atg13[8SA], possibly inhibiting autophagy ? (Cdc14) [65,97]
Ser428 Atg17 binding and autophagy inhibition TORC1 Atg1 Ptc2 Ptc2 [41,53] [67]
Ser429 Atg17 binding and autophagy inhibition TORC1 Atg1 Ptc2 Ptc2 [41] [67]
Ser437 PAS localization and autophagy inhibition, mutated in Atg13[8SA] PKA (Ptc2, Ptc3) [65,68,110]
Ser438 Mutated in Atg13[8SA], possibly inhibiting autophagy ? (Ptc2, Ptc3) [65,110]
Ser496 Autophagy inhibition, mutated in Atg13[8SA] Atg1 (Ptc2, Ptc3) [53,65,110]
Ser535 Mutated in Atg13[8SA], Possibly inhibiting autophagy Atg1 (Cdc14) [53,65,97]
Ser541 Mutated in Atg13[8SA], possibly inhibiting autophagy ? (Cdc14) [65,97]
Ser581 PAS localization and autophagy inhibition PKA ? [68]
Ser637 ? TORC1 ? [53]
Ser644   TORC1 ? [53]
Ser646 Mutated in Atg13[8SA], Possibly inhibiting autophagy TORC1 (Cdc14) [53,65,97]
Ser649 Mutated in Atg13[8SA], possibly inhibiting autophagy ? (Ptc2, Ptc3) [65,110]
Atg29        
Ser106 Autophagy induction Atg1 ? [53]
Thr115 Autophagy inhibition TORC1 ? [53]
Ser129 Autophagy induction Atg1 ? [53]
Ser197 Release of self-inhibition, autophagy induction ? ? [73]
Ser199 Release of self-inhibition autophagy induction ? ? [73]
Ser201 Release of self-inhibition Atg1 ? [53,73]
Atg31        
Ser174 Positive regulation of Atg9 trafficking and autophagy ? ? [75]
Vps30        
Ser85 ? Atg1 ? [53]
Ykt6        
Thr158 Autophagosome-vacuole fusion inhibition ? ? [182,183]
Ser182 Autophagosome-vacuole fusion inhibition Atg1 ? [182,183]
Ser183 Autophagosome-vacuole fusion inhibition Atg1 ? [182,183]

Additional phosphosites on the core Atg machinery modified by Atg1 and TORC1 have been systematically mapped in vivo and in vitro [53], but their relevance for autophagy progression remains to be established.

Putative enzymes catalyzing a given dephosphorylation are in parentheses.