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