Cell Component
autolysosome
Definitions related to autolysosome:
  • A type of secondary lysosome in which a primary lysosome has fused with the outer membrane of an autophagosome or amphisome. It is involved in the second step of autophagy in which it degrades contents with acidic lysosomal hydrolases.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • Structures formed from the fusion of lysosomes and AUTOPHAGOSOMES that results in the digestion of the autophagosome and its content.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (autophagolysosome) An organelle formed by the fusion of an autophagosome with the lysosome, where the contents of the autophagosome are degraded.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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