Category:GO:0000045 ! autophagosome assembly

name: autophagosome assembly
namespace: biological_process
def: "The formation of a double membrane-bounded structure, the autophagosome, that occurs when a specialized membrane sac, called the isolation membrane, starts to enclose a portion of the cytoplasm." [GOC:autophagy, PMID:9412464]
synonym: "autophagic vacuole assembly" EXACT [GOC:autophagy]
synonym: "autophagic vacuole formation" RELATED [GOC:mah]
synonym: "autophagosome biosynthesis" EXACT []
synonym: "autophagosome formation" EXACT []
synonym: "PAS formation" NARROW []
is_a: GO:0070925 ! organelle assembly
is_a: GO:1905037 ! autophagosome organization
relationship: has_part: GO:0019778 ! Atg12 activating enzyme activity
relationship: has_part: GO:0019786 ! protein-phosphatidylethanolamide deconjugating activity
relationship: has_part: GO:0061651 ! Atg12 conjugating enzyme activity
relationship: has_part: GO:0061660 ! Atg12 ligase activity
relationship: has_part: GO:1904745 ! Atg1/ULK1 kinase complex assembly

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0000045</GOterm>
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