Phasentrennung als Schalter der selektiven Autophagie
摘要
Selective autophagy requires precise spatial organization to recognize and degrade cellular cargo. We recently found that low-affinity cargo-receptor interactions preserve receptor mobility, enabling formation of initiation hubs, phase-separated assemblies that drive autophagosome biogenesis. These findings suggest autophagy is not only a linear pathway but also guided by physical principles such as wetting, phase separation and multivalency, which are evolutionary conserved and offer therapeutic potential.