Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

A degradative to secretory autophagy switch mediates mitochondria clearance in the absence of the mATG8-conjugation machinery

  • Hayden Weng Siong Tan,
  • Guang Lu,
  • Han Dong,
  • Yik-Lam Cho,
  • Auginia Natalia,
  • Liming Wang,
  • Charlene Chan,
  • Dennis Kappei,
  • Reshma Taneja,
  • Shuo-Chien Ling,
  • Huilin Shao,
  • Shih-Yin Tsai,
  • Wen-Xing Ding,
  • Han-Ming Shen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31213-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The mechanisms underlying mitochondrial quality control are not fully understood. Here the authors identify a switch from degradative to secretory autophagy in the absence of the mATG8-conjugation system, termed Autophagic Secretion of Mitochondria.