A diversity of selective autophagy receptors determines the specificity of the autophagy pathway

V Kirkin, VV Rogov - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
The clearance of surplus, broken, or dangerous components is key for maintaining cellular
homeostasis. The failure to remove protein aggregates, damaged organelles, or intracellular …

Ubiquitin-like protein conjugation: structures, chemistry, and mechanism

L Cappadocia, CD Lima - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Ubiquitin-like proteins (Ubl's) are conjugated to target proteins or lipids to regulate their
activity, stability, subcellular localization, or macromolecular interactions. Similar to ubiquitin …

Liver lipophagy ameliorates nonalcoholic steatohepatitis through extracellular lipid secretion

Y Minami, A Hoshino, Y Higuchi, M Hamaguchi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a progressive disorder with aberrant lipid
accumulation and subsequent inflammatory and profibrotic response. Therapeutic efforts at …

Regulation of endoplasmic reticulum turnover by selective autophagy

A Khaminets, T Heinrich, M Mari, P Grumati… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the largest intracellular endomembrane system, enabling
protein and lipid synthesis, ion homeostasis, quality control of newly synthesized proteins …

[HTML][HTML] Cargo recognition and trafficking in selective autophagy

A Stolz, A Ernst, I Dikic - Nature cell biology, 2014 - nature.com
Selective autophagy is a quality control pathway through which cellular components are
sequestered into double-membrane vesicles and delivered to specific intracellular …

[HTML][HTML] Interactions between autophagy receptors and ubiquitin-like proteins form the molecular basis for selective autophagy

V Rogov, V Dötsch, T Johansen, V Kirkin - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
Selective autophagy ensures recognition and removal of various cytosolic cargos. Hence,
aggregated proteins, damaged organelles, or pathogens are enclosed into the double …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of selective autophagy

G Zaffagnini, S Martens - Journal of molecular biology, 2016 - Elsevier
Selective autophagy contributes to intracellular homeostasis by mediating the degradation
of cytoplasmic material such as aggregated proteins, damaged or over-abundant …

HUWE1 E3 ligase promotes PINK1/PARKIN-independent mitophagy by regulating AMBRA1 activation via IKKα

A Di Rita, A Peschiaroli, PD′ Acunzo… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The selective removal of undesired or damaged mitochondria by autophagy, known as
mitophagy, is crucial for cellular homoeostasis, and prevents tumour diffusion …

Phosphorylation of the mitochondrial autophagy receptor Nix enhances its interaction with LC3 proteins

VV Rogov, H Suzuki, M Marinković, V Lang, R Kato… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The mitophagy receptor Nix interacts with LC3/GABARAP proteins, targeting mitochondria
into autophagosomes for degradation. Here we present evidence for phosphorylation-driven …

Autophagy in antimicrobial immunity

LC Gomes, I Dikic - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
Autophagy plays a key role in cellular homeostasis, responding to various environmental
stresses. In particular, pathogen invasion leads to rapid induction of autophagy, which is …