title: Protein turnover.
abstract: The mechanisms and physiological meanings of protein turnover are crucial subjects in the understanding of life. However, for a long time, protein degradation was neglected by most biologists, and was thought of as a rather passive cellular process.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Cell Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan. yohsumi@nibb.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohsumi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001343:Autophagy / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins