Term Name: | multivesicular body sorting pathway |
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Definition: | A vesicle-mediated transport process in which transmembrane proteins are ubiquitylated to facilitate their entry into luminal vesicles of multivesicular bodies (MVBs); upon subsequent fusion of MVBs with lysosomes or vacuoles, the cargo proteins are degraded. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0071985] QuickGO AmiGO |