![]() Negative stain transmission electron microscopy (NS-EM) was used to characterize the ATG9A-2A complex. Mutational analyses combined with functional activity assays demonstrate their importance for autophagy, thereby shedding light on this protein complex at the heart of autophagy. Using this integrative structure modeling approach, we identify several interfaces mediating ATG9A-2A interaction that would allow a direct transfer of lipids from ATG2A into the lipid-binding perpendicular branch of ATG9A. By combining data from peptide arrays, crosslinking, and hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry together with cryoelectron microscopy, we propose a molecular model of the ATG9A-2A complex. Although both have been functionally linked during the formation of autophagosomes, the molecular details and consequences of their interaction remain unclear. ![]() ATG9A is a lipid scramblase that allows equilibration of lipids across a membrane bilayer, whereas ATG2A facilitates lipid flow between tethered membranes. ATG9A and ATG2A are essential core members of the autophagy machinery.
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