Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Hsc70/Stub1 promotes the removal of individual oxidatively stressed peroxisomes

  • Bo-Hua Chen,
  • Yao-Jen Chang,
  • Steven Lin,
  • Wei Yuan Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18942-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Pexophagy removes damaged peroxisomes, which are particularly prone to ROS formation. Here, the authors use light to induce peroxisome turnover by local ROS generation, showing STUB1 translocation is critical and might contribute to human disease.