Rettung der versalzten Zelle: ESCRT-vermittelte Autophagie
摘要
Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved cellular process that is important in plants to cope with adverse environmental conditions such as salt stress. It removes damaged and non-functional cellular contents. At the same time, essential building blocks for proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids are recycled through autophagic activity. Autophagic cargoes are engulfed by a double-membrane autophagosome, the maturation and formation of which requires the endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT). Here we discuss the molecular mechanism of ESCRT function in salt-induced plant autophagy.