RT Conference Proceedings T1 Analysis of a putative autophagy regulator during strawberry fruit ripening A1 Peralta-García, Raúl A1 Montero-Solís, Elena A1 Valpuesta-Fernández, Victoriano A1 Sánchez-Vera, Victoria K1 Fresas K1 Biología molecular vegetal AB Autophagy is a major catabolic pathway essential for cell homeostasis and conserved in almost all eukaryotes. During autophagy, cytoplasmic components are engulfed by a double membrane vesicle called autophagosome and transported to the vacuole were its content it is degraded by lytic enzymes (Marshall and Vierstra, 2018). Autophagy is important in many developmental processes and in response to both biotic and abiotic stresses (Lv, 2014). Recently, we have determined that autophagy is active during strawberry fruit ripening and that it has an essential role for the proper progression of this developmental process (Sánchez-Sevilla, 2021). In this work we have focused on the study of the role of a transcription factor as putative regulator of autophagy during strawberry ripening. We have analyzed its expression during strawberry ripening, identified putative binding sites in different FxaATG genes and analyzed the interaction between this transcription factor with three different autophagy related genes by a luciferase assay performed in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. YR 2022 FD 2022 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/25322 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/25322 LA spa NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech. DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 22 ene 2026