Digesting the expanding mechanisms of autophagy
Abstract
Autophagy is a catabolic 'self-eating' pathway that is emerging as a crucial integration point in cell physiology. With its own set of genes, the autophagy pathway communicates with virtually all signalling networks and organelles. Recent advances have been made in understanding the origin of the autophagosomal membrane, novel regulators, and the mechanisms by which specific intracellular membranes become autophagy substrates. New studies on noncanonical autophagy, mediated by subsets of autophagy proteins, and the role of autophagy proteins in non-autophagy pathways are also emerging in many different biological contexts. Our understanding of canonical autophagy, including membrane origin and autophagy proteins, needs to be considered together with emerging noncanonical pathways.
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Journal Trends in Cell Biology
Volume 26
Issue number 8
Pages 624-635
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Publisher website (DOI) 10.1016/j.tcb.2016.03.006
Europe PubMed Central 27050762
Pubmed 27050762
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