The crystal structure of Atg3, an autophagy-related ubiquitin carrier protein (E2) enzyme that mediates Atg8 lipidation
Yamada, Y., Suzuki, N.N., Hanada, T., Ichimura, Y., Kumeta, H., Fujioka, Y., Ohsumi, Y., Inagaki, F.(2007) J.Biol.Chem. 282: 8036-8043
- PubMed: 17227760 
- DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M611473200
- PubMed Abstract: 
Atg3 is an E2-like enzyme that catalyzes the conjugation of Atg8 and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE). The Atg8-PE conjugate is essential for autophagy, which is the bulk degradation process of cytoplasmic components by the vacuolar/lysosomal system. We ...