FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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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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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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Full annotation statements	Genes
positive regulation of macroautophagy (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| positive regulation of macroautophagy

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

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  46 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 11 rec.
                                       |   |__positive regulation of type 2 mitophagy 1 rec.
                                       |__positive regulation of reticulophagy
                                       |__positive regulation of xenophagy

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Is a	positive regulation of autophagy regulation of macroautophagy
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
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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