Table 1.

Classification of organellophagy

Cargo organelle Macroautophagy Microautophagy 
 Yeast Human Yeast Human 
Peroxisome ✓ ✓ ✓ ND 
Mitochondrion ✓ ✓ ✓ ND 
Lipid droplet ND ✓ ✓ ND 
Nucleus ND ✓ ✓ ND 
Lysosome ND ✓ ND ND 
Endoplasmic reticulum ✓ ND ND ND 
Ribosome ✓a ND ND ND 

ND, not determined.

a

Ribophagy seems to depend on macroautophagy rather than microautophagy, although this has not yet been confirmed morphologically.

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