Autophagic membranes (IMAGE)

Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science

Autophagic membranes

Caption

The confocal microscopy image of cell induced mitophagy. Autophagic membranes engulf the damaged mitochondria. TOMM20 (blue) is mitochondrial outer membrane protein and WIPI2 (red) is well-known autophagy protein. BCAS3-C16orf70 (green) accumulate around the damaged mitochondria and clearly merge with WIPI2 in response to mitophagy (Kojima et al., Autophagy 2021).

Credit

TMIMS

Usage Restrictions

None

License

Licensed content

Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.