Fig. 4
From: Selective autophagy in cancer: mechanisms, therapeutic implications, and future perspectives
Xenophagy is a way of capturing pathogens. AÂ Xenophagy captures bacteria: Ubiquitin recognizes cytoplasmic bacteria and binds to the Xenophagy adaptor protein and autophagosome membrane protein LC3. The autophagosome-containing bacteria then combines with the lysosome to breakdown. BÂ Xenophagy captures the virus. The autophagosome recognizes intact viruses or virus particles, and the subsequently captures virus replicates in the autophagosome and avoids fusing with the lysosome