A new GUV-based assay to reconstitute membrane tethering in vitro demonstrates the vesicle tethering ability of the selective autophagy scaffold Atg11
Andhare, D.; Ragusa, M. J.
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Autophagy is essential for the degradation of mitochondria from yeast to humans. Mitochondrial autophagy in yeast is initiated when the selective autophagy scaffolding protein Atg11 is recruited to mitochondria through its interaction with the selective autophagy receptor Atg32. This also results in the recruitment of small 30 nm vesicles that fuse to generate the initial autophagosomal membrane. We demonstrate that Atg11 can bind to autophagosomal-like membranes in vitro in a curvature dependent manner via a predicted amphipathic helix. Deletion of the amphipathic helix from Atg11 results in a delay in the formation of mitophagy initiation sites in yeast. Furthermore, using a novel biochemical approach we demonstrate that the interaction between Atg11 and Atg32 results in the tethering of autophagosomal-like vesicles in clusters to giant unilamellar vesicles containing a lipid composition designed to mimic the outer mitochondrial membrane. Taken together our results demonstrate an important role for autophagosomal membrane binding by Atg11 in the initiation of mitochondrial autophagy.
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