Autophagy contributes to the quality control of leaf mitochondria

S Nakamura, S Hagihara, K Otomo… - Plant and Cell …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
In autophagy, cytoplasmic components of eukaryotic cells are transported to lysosomes or
the vacuole for degradation. Autophagy is involved in plant tolerance to the photooxidative …

Entire photodamaged chloroplasts are transported to the central vacuole by autophagy

M Izumi, H Ishida, S Nakamura, J Hidema - The Plant Cell, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Turnover of dysfunctional organelles is vital to maintain homeostasis in eukaryotic cells. As
photosynthetic organelles, plant chloroplasts can suffer sunlight-induced damage. However …

Oxidative stress-induced autophagy in plants: the role of mitochondria

F Minibayeva, S Dmitrieva, A Ponomareva… - Plant Physiology and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The strictly regulated removal of oxidized structures is a universal stress response of
eukaryotic cells that targets damaged or toxic components for vacuolar or lysosomal …

Carbon starvation, senescence and specific mitochondrial stresses, but not nitrogen starvation and general stresses, are major triggers for mitophagy in Arabidopsis

SM Kacprzak, O Van Aken - Autophagy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Selective degradation of mitochondria by autophagy (mitophagy) is thought to play an
important role in mitochondrial quality control, but our understanding of which conditions …

Vacuolar degradation of plant organelles

MS Otegui, C Steelheart, W Ma, J Ma, BH Kang… - The Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Plants continuously remodel and degrade their organelles due to damage from their
metabolic activities and environmental stressors, as well as an integral part of their cell …

Chlorophagy is ATG gene-dependent microautophagy process

S Nakamura, M Izumi - Plant signaling & behavior, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Autophagy delivers cytosolic components to lysosomes and the vacuole for degradation.
This pathway prevents starvation through bulk degradation and recycling of cytoplasmic …

Disruption of microtubules in plants suppresses macroautophagy and triggers starch excess-associated chloroplast autophagy

Y Wang, X Zheng, B Yu, S Han, J Guo, H Tang… - Autophagy, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Microtubules, the major components of cytoskeleton, are involved in various fundamental
biological processes in plants. Recent studies in mammalian cells have revealed the …

Cytoplastic Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases Interact with ATG3 to Negatively Regulate Autophagy and Immunity in Nicotiana benthamiana

S Han, Y Wang, X Zheng, Q Jia, J Zhao, F Bai… - The Plant …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Autophagy as a conserved catabolic pathway can respond to reactive oxygen species
(ROS) and plays an important role in degrading oxidized proteins in plants under various …

New insight into the mechanism and function of autophagy in plant cells

X Yang, DC Bassham - International review of cell and molecular biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Autophagy is a degradation pathway that is conserved throughout eukaryotic organisms and
plays important roles in the tolerance of abiotic and biotic stresses. It functions as a …

Autophagy Deficiency Compromises Alternative Pathways of Respiration following Energy Deprivation in Arabidopsis thaliana

JAS Barros, JHF Cavalcanti, DB Medeiros… - Plant …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Under heterotrophic conditions, carbohydrate oxidation inside the mitochondrion is the
primary energy source for cellular metabolism. However, during energy-limited conditions …