PLOS BiologySelective macroautophagy of the #EndoplasmicReticulum (ER) and the #nucleus, known as ER-phagy and nucleophagy respectively, are poorly understood. A study in #FissionYeast reveals that conserved ER-shaping protein Yep1 (REEP1-4 ortholog) is required for these processes; in its absence, #ERphagy/#nucleophagy cargo structures accumulate in the cytoplasm #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/464ZfuI
The ortholog of human REEP1-4 is required for autophagosomal enclosure of ER-phagy/nucleophagy cargos in fission yeast
Selective macroautophagy of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the nucleus, known as ER-phagy and nucleophagy respectively, are poorly understood. This study in fission yeast reveals that a conserved ER-shaping protein is required for these processes; in its absence, ER-phagy/nucleophagy cargo structures (not enclosed within autophagosomes) accumulate in the cytoplasm.