chaperone-mediated autophagy
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.
GO:0006914
autophagy
is_a
GO:0030163
protein catabolic process
is_a
CASA
broad
CMA
broad
chaperone-assisted selective autophagy
exact