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Redox Control of Autophagy in Photosynthetic Organisms

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Autophagy is a major catabolic pathway by which eukaryotic cells deliver unnecessary or damaged cytoplasmic material to the vacuole for its degradation and recycling in order to maintain cellular homeostasis. Mounting evidence suggests the existence of a strong link between autophagy and the production of reactive oxygen species in several systems. Here, we review recent studies in algae and plants describing redox control of autophagy and discuss the conserved regulatory proteins that may transmit redox signals to the autophagic machinery.

Communicated by Francisco M. Cánovas

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This work was supported in part by Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad grants BFU2015-68216-P and BIO2015-74432-JIN to JLC and MEPP, respectively.

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    María Esther Pérez-Pérez, Inmaculada Couso, Mónica Domínguez-González & José L. Crespo

  2. Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire des Eucaryotes, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR8226, Paris, 75005, France

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Pérez-Pérez, M.E., Couso, I., Domínguez-González, M., Lemaire, S.D., Crespo, J.L. (2017). Redox Control of Autophagy in Photosynthetic Organisms. In: Cánovas, F., Lüttge, U., Matyssek, R. (eds) Progress in Botany Vol. 79. Progress in Botany, vol 79. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/124_2017_6

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