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SUBMITTER: Youle RJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4780047 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Youle Richard J RJ Narendra Derek P DP
Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology 20110101 1
Autophagy not only recycles intracellular components to compensate for nutrient deprivation but also selectively eliminates organelles to regulate their number and maintain quality control. Mitophagy, the specific autophagic elimination of mitochondria, has been identified in yeast, mediated by autophagy-related 32 (Atg32), and in mammals during red blood cell differentiation, mediated by NIP3-like protein X (NIX; also known as BNIP3L). Moreover, mitophagy is regulated in many metazoan cell type ...[more]