Insights into noncanonical E1 enzyme activation from the structure of autophagic E1 Atg7 with Atg8.
Hong, S.B., Kim, B.W., Lee, K.E., Kim, S.W., Jeon, H., Kim, J., Song, H.K.(2011) Nat Struct Mol Biol 18: 1323-1330
- PubMed: 22056771 
- DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2165
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3RUI, 3RUJ - PubMed Abstract: 
Autophagy is the degradation of cellular organelles via the lysosomal pathway. The autophagic ubiquitin-like (Ubl) molecule Atg8 is activated by the E1-like enzyme Atg7. As this noncanonical E1 enzyme's domain organization is unique among Ubl-activating E1 enzymes, the structural basis for its interactions with Atg8 and partner E2 enzymes remains obscure ...