Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 15, Issue 5, Pages 7624-7638Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15057624
Keywords
Arabidopsis; selective-autophagy; autophagosome; ATG8; reticulophagy; chlorophagy; pexophagy; mitophagy; rubisco-containing bodies; plant organelles; vacuole; degradation
Funding
- Israel Science Foundation [764/07]
- J & R Center for Scientific Research at the Weizmann Institute of Science
- Israeli Ministry of Agriculture
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Macroautophagy (hereafter referred to as autophagy) is a cellular mechanism dedicated to the degradation and recycling of unnecessary cytosolic components by their removal to the lytic compartment of the cell (the vacuole in plants). Autophagy is generally induced by stresses causing energy deprivation and its operation occurs by special vesicles, termed autophagosomes. Autophagy also operates in a selective manner, recycling specific components, such as organelles, protein aggregates or even specific proteins, and selective autophagy is implicated in both cellular housekeeping and response to stresses. In plants, selective autophagy has recently been shown to degrade mitochondria, plastids and peroxisomes, or organelle components such as the endoplasmic-reticulum (ER) membrane and chloroplast-derived proteins such as Rubisco. This ability places selective-autophagy as a major factor in cellular steady-state maintenance, both under stress and favorable environmental conditions. Here we review the recent advances documented in plants for this cellular process and further discuss its impact on plant physiology.
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