FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term positive regulation of macroautophagy ID (Ontology) GO:0016239 (Gene Ontology)
Definition Any process, such as recognition of nutrient depletion, that activates or increases the rate of macroautophagy to bring cytosolic macromolecules to the vacuole/lysosome for degradation.[ PubMed:9412464 ]
Also Known As "positive regulation of starvation-induced autophagy" ; "up regulation of macroautophagy" ; "up-regulation of macroautophagy" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS      27
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 positive regulation of macroautophagy (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      27
     involved_in | positive regulation of macroautophagy      27
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positive regulation of catabolic process
 |__positive regulation of autophagy__
regulation of autophagy               |
 |__positive regulation of autophagy__|
 |__regulation of macroautophagy______|
macroautophagy                        |
 |__regulation of macroautophagy______|
                                      positive regulation of macroautophagy  45 rec.
                                       |__positive regulation of aggrephagy
                                       |__positive regulation of autophagosome assembly 4 rec.
                                       |__positive regulation of autophagosome maturation 4 rec.
                                       |__positive regulation of lipophagy 4 rec.
                                       |__positive regulation of mitophagy 10 rec.
                                       |   |__positive regulation of type 2 mitophagy 1 rec.
                                       |__positive regulation of reticulophagy
                                       |__positive regulation of xenophagy
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Synonyms
  • "activation of macroautophagy" NARROW
    "positive regulation of starvation-induced autophagy" EXACT
    "stimulation of macroautophagy" NARROW
    "up regulation of macroautophagy" EXACT
    "up-regulation of macroautophagy" EXACT
    "upregulation of macroautophagy" EXACT
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