All membrane-bound organelles are degraded during the terminal differentiation of lens fiber cells. How these organelles are degraded has been a long-standing question in biology. We recently revealed that PLAAT (phospholipase A and acyltransferase)-family phospholipases degrade organelles in the lens independently of macroautophagy. Here, we discuss the mechanism and physiological relevance of this new mode of intracellular degradation.
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Morishita, H., Eguchi, T., & Mizushima, N. (2021). A new insight into the lens: cytosolic PLAAT phospholipases degrade organelles to make the lens transparent. Autophagy, 17(9), 2645–2647. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2021.1950372
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