It functions in the clearance of misfolded proteins and damaged organelles, as well as recycling of cytosolic
components during starvation to compensate for nutrient deprivation.
Not exact matches
In addition to recycling
components of the cell to provide nutrients
during starvation and acting as quality control for the organelles and proteins inside cells, autophagy helps eliminate pathogens such as viruses, parasites, and bacteria that get inside the cell.
A stress assembly that confers cell viability by preseriving ERES
components during amino - acid
starvation Elife 3: e04132 (2014)
It involves cell degradation of unnecessary or dysfunctional cellular
components, which ensures cellular survival
during starvation by maintaining cellular energy levels.
In our earlier post on fasting for migraines, commenter js290 linked to a very nice post by Ned Kock, in which he talked about the
components of weight loss
during starvation.