Selective VPS34 inhibitor blocks autophagy and uncovers a role for NCOA4 in ferritin degradation and iron homeostasis in vivo.
Dowdle, W.E., Nyfeler, B., Nagel, J., Elling, R.A., Liu, S., Triantafellow, E., Menon, S., Wang, Z., Honda, A., Pardee, G., Cantwell, J., Luu, C., Cornella-Taracido, I., Harrington, E., Fekkes, P., Lei, H., Fang, Q., Digan, M.E., Burdick, D., Powers, A.F., Helliwell, S.B., D'Aquin, S., Bastien, J., Wang, H., Wiederschain, D., Kuerth, J., Bergman, P., Schwalb, D., Thomas, J., Ugwonali, S., Harbinski, F., Tallarico, J., Wilson, C.J., Myer, V.E., Porter, J.A., Bussiere, D.E., Finan, P.M., Labow, M.A., Mao, X., Hamann, L.G., Manning, B.D., Valdez, R.A., Nicholson, T., Schirle, M., Knapp, M.S., Keaney, E.P., Murphy, L.O.(2014) Nat Cell Biol 16: 1069-1079
- PubMed: 25327288 
- DOI: 10.1038/ncb3053
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4PH4 - PubMed Abstract: 
Cells rely on autophagy to clear misfolded proteins and damaged organelles to maintain cellular homeostasis. In this study we use the new autophagy inhibitor PIK-III to screen for autophagy substrates. PIK-III is a selective inhibitor of VPS34 that binds a unique hydrophobic pocket not present in related kinases such as PI(3)Kα ...