Autophagy-related Atg8 localizes to the apicoplast of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

Autophagy is a membrane-mediated degradation process, which is governed by sequential functions of Atg proteins. Although Atg proteins are highly conserved in eukaryotes, protozoa possess only a partial set of Atg proteins. Nonetheless, almost all protozoa have the complete factors belonging to the...

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Main Authors: Kei Kitamura, Chieko Kishi-Itakura, Takafumi Tsuboi, Shigeharu Sato, Kiyoshi Kita, Nobuo Ohta, Noboru Mizushima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3416769?pdf=render