Abstract
The ATG8 family LC3/GABARAP proteins are attached to the membrane of nascent autophagosomes, but their functions during autophagy are unclear. In this issue, Nguyen et al. (2016. J. Cell Biol. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201607039) show that LC3/GABARAP proteins are not essential for autophagosome formation but are critical for autophagosome-lysosome fusion.
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