Protein ubiquitylation in mammals is known to trigger selective autophagy of peroxisomes through a process termed pexophagy. The physiological peroxisomal target for pexophagy-related ubiquitylation has been controversial, but two studies have now identified the protein PEX5 as the real candidate.
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Subramani, S. A mammalian pexophagy target. Nat Cell Biol 17, 1371–1373 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb3253
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