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Review
. 2015 Aug;47(8):571-80.
doi: 10.1093/abbs/gmv055. Epub 2015 Jun 25.

The receptor proteins: pivotal roles in selective autophagy

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The receptor proteins: pivotal roles in selective autophagy

Zhijie Xu et al. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai). 2015 Aug.
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Abstract

Autophagy is a highly regulated and multistep biological process whereby cells under metabolic, proteotoxic, or other stresses remove dysfunctional organelles and/or misfolded/polyubiquitinated proteins by shuttling them via specialized structures called autophagosomes to the lysosome for degradation. Although autophagy is generally considered to be a non-selective process, accumulating evidence suggests that it can also selectively degrade specific target cargoes. These selective targets include proteins, mitochondria, and even invading bacteria. The discovery and characterization of autophagic adapters, such as p62/Sequestosome 1 (SQSTM1) and Neighbor of BRCA1 gene 1 (NBR1), have provided mechanistic insights into selective autophagy. These receptors are all able to act as cargo receptors for the degradation of ubiquitinated substrates. This review mainly summarizes the most up-to-date findings regarding the key receptor proteins that play important roles in regulating selective autophagy.

Keywords: autophagy; receptor proteins; selective.

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