Affiliations: 1 Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
2 BioTechMed Graz, Graz, Austria.
Keywords:
yeast, autophagy, ATG, mitophagy.
Corresponding Author(s):
F. Madeo, frank.madeo@uni-graz.at
Conflict of interest statement:
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Please cite this article as:
Andreas Zimmermann, Katharina Kainz, Aleksandra Andryushkova, Sebastian Hofer, Frank Madeo and Didac Carmona-Gutierrez (2016). Autophagy: one more Nobel Prize for yeast. Microbial Cell 3(12): 579-581. doi: 10.15698/mic2016.12.544
© 2016 Zimmermann et al. This is an open-access article released under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which allows the unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are acknowledged.
Autophagy: one more Nobel Prize for yeast
Authors:Andreas Zimmermann1, Katharina Kainz1, Aleksandra Andryushkova1, Sebastian Hofer1, Frank Madeo1,2 and Didac Carmona-Gutierrez1
doi: 10.15698/mic2016.12.544
Volume 3, pp. 579 to 581, published 05/12/2016.
1 Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
2 BioTechMed Graz, Graz, Austria.
Keywords:
yeast, autophagy, ATG, mitophagy.
Corresponding Author(s):
Conflict of interest statement:
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Please cite this article as:
Andreas Zimmermann, Katharina Kainz, Aleksandra Andryushkova, Sebastian Hofer, Frank Madeo and Didac Carmona-Gutierrez (2016). Autophagy: one more Nobel Prize for yeast. Microbial Cell 3(12): 579-581. doi: 10.15698/mic2016.12.544
© 2016 Zimmermann et al. This is an open-access article released under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which allows the unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are acknowledged.
Abstract:
The recent announcement of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for the discoveries of mechanisms governing autophagy, underscores the importance of intracellular degradation and recycling. At the same time, it further cements yeast, in which this field decisively developed, as a prolific model organism. Here we provide a quick historical overview that mirrors both the importance of autophagy as a conserved and essential process for cellular life and death as well as the crucial role of yeast in its mechanistic characterization.