Cell Function
mitophagy
Subclass of:
Mitochondrial Turnover; Autophagy
Definitions related to mitophagy:
  • Proteolytic breakdown of the MITOCHONDRIA via autophagy.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (autophagy of mitochondrion) The autophagic process in which mitochondria are delivered to a type of vacuole and degraded in response to changing cellular conditions.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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