Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Li S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3713453 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Sai S Wandel Michal P MP Li Fudong F Liu Zhonghua Z He Chao C Wu Jihui J Shi Yunyu Y Randow Felix F
Science signaling 20130205 261
Autophagy, the process of lysosome-dependent degradation of cytosolic components, is a mechanism by which cells selectively engulf invading pathogens to protect themselves against infection. Galectin-8, a cytosolic protein with specificity for β-galactoside-containing glycans, binds endosomal and lysosomal membranes that have been damaged, for example, by pathogens, and selectively recruits the autophagy cargo receptor NDP52 to induce autophagy. We solved the crystal structure of the NDP52-galec ...[more]