Mechanisms of chaperone-mediated autophagy

AE Majeski, JF Dice - The international journal of biochemistry & cell …, 2004 - Elsevier
Chaperone-mediated autophagy is one of several lysosomal pathways of proteolysis. This
pathway is activated by physiological stresses such as prolonged starvation. Cytosolic …

Chaperone-mediated autophagy

JF Dice - Autophagy, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) is a lysosomal pathway of proteolysis that is
responsible for the degradation of 30% of cytosolic proteins under conditions of prolonged …

Regulation of lamp2a levels in the lysosomal membrane

AM Cuervo, JF Dice - Traffic, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The selective degradation of cytosolic proteins in lysosomes by chaperone‐mediated
autophagy depends, at least in part, on the levels of a substrate receptor at the lysosomal …

The chaperone-mediated autophagy receptor organizes in dynamic protein complexes at the lysosomal membrane

U Bandyopadhyay, S Kaushik… - … and cellular biology, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) is a selective type of autophagy by which specific
cytosolic proteins are sent to lysosomes for degradation. Substrate proteins bind to the …

Consequences of the selective blockage of chaperone-mediated autophagy

AC Massey, S Kaushik, G Sovak… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) is a selective pathway for the degradation of
cytosolic proteins in lysosomes. CMA declines with age because of a decrease in the levels …

Altered dynamics of the lysosomal receptor for chaperone-mediated autophagy with age

R Kiffin, S Kaushik, M Zeng… - Journal of cell …, 2007 - journals.biologists.com
Rates of autophagy, the mechanism responsible for lysosomal clearance of cellular
components, decrease with age. We have previously described an age-related decline in …

Structure of transmembrane domain of lysosome-associated membrane protein type 2a (LAMP-2A) reveals key features for substrate specificity in chaperone …

AK Rout, MP Strub, G Piszczek, N Tjandra - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2014 - ASBMB
Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) is a highly regulated cellular process that mediates
the degradation of a selective subset of cytosolic proteins in lysosomes. Increasing CMA …

Molecular control of chaperone-mediated autophagy

S Catarino, P Pereira, H Girao - Essays in biochemistry, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) is a selective form of autophagy in which cytosolic
proteins bearing a pentapeptide motif biochemically related to the KFERQ sequence, are …

Proteases in autophagy

V Kaminskyy, B Zhivotovsky - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins …, 2012 - Elsevier
Autophagy is a process involved in the proteolytic degradation of cellular macromolecules in
lysosomes, which requires the activity of proteases, enzymes that hydrolyse peptide bonds …

Chaperone-mediated autophagy: a unique way to enter the lysosome world

S Kaushik, AM Cuervo - Trends in cell biology, 2012 - cell.com
All cellular proteins undergo continuous synthesis and degradation. This permanent
renewal is necessary to maintain a functional proteome and to allow rapid changes in levels …