“…colleagues demonstrated that cysteine-mediated oligomerization of ATG14 promotes the fusion of autophagosomes and lysosomes by tethering these two organelles and it can assist STX17 to recruit SNAP29 to autophagosomes promoting the assembly of SNARE complex (Diao et al, 2015). Besides, from the genetic analysis, the HOPS complex also plays a crucial role in the fusion between autophagosomes and lysosomes, likely through tethering of these two organelles together with SNAREs, Rabs, and other tethering related proteins such as PLEKHM1 (Pleckstrin homology domain-containing family M member 1) (McEwan et al, 2015), UVRAG (UV radiation resistance-associated protein) (Liang et al, 2008), EPG5 (Ectopic P granules protein 5 homolog) (Wang et al, 2016), BRUCE (BIR repeat-containing ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme) (Ebner et al, 2018), TECPR1 (Chen et al, 2012), GRASP55 (Golgi reassemblystacking protein 55) (Zhang et al, 2019), and etc. Together, these proteins might behave as a template for SNAREs to register and assemble on it, or to expand the fusion pore as we learned from the biochemical studies of yeast vacuole fusion (Liang et al, 2008;Jiang et al, 2014;McEwan et al, 2015;Ding et al, 2019).…”