The autophagy process which begins when chaperones and co-chaperones recognize a target motif and unfold the substrate protein. The proteins are then transported to the lysosome where they are degraded. [ GOC:PARL GOC:pad http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23434281 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22743996 ]
Synonyms: chaperone-assisted selective autophagy
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- autophagy
- protein catabolic process
- has part some protein-folding chaperone binding
- has part some protein carrier chaperone
- has part some signaling receptor binding