The completed vesicle fuses with the vacuole ... this structure is termed an autophagic body. The Cvt body is lysed and prApe1 is matured by proteolytic removal of a propeptide to generate ...

A recent study from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India has revealed new details about how our cells clean up and recycle waste.

Autophagy (= "self-eating") is a vesicle-mediated cellular process of protein and organelle degradation. Autophagy enables cell survival during nutrient starvation and also plays a role in ...