Table 1. Components of the receptor protein complexes involved in autophagy.

Process	Cargo	Ligand	Receptor	Scaffold	Atg8 family protein	Refs.
Cvt pathway (yeasts)	prApe1 complex	prApe1 propeptide	Atg19	Atg11	Atg8	23, 24, 26, 27
	Ams1 complex	Ams1	Atg19, Atg34	Atg11	Atg8	38, 39
Glycophagy (mammals)	Glycogen particles	Glycogen	STBD1	-	GABARAP	58, 59
Aggrephagy (worms)	PGL granules	PGL-3	SEPA-1	EPG-2	LGG-1	60, 61
Aggrephagy (mammals)	Mutant SOD1 aggregates	Mutant SOD1	SQSTM1	-	LC3	20, 21
	STAT5A_ΔE18 aggregates	STAT5A_ΔE18	SQSTM1	-	-	22
	Ubiquitinated protein aggregates	Ub	SQSTM1, NBR1	WDFY3	LC3	43–52
Midbophagy (mammals)	Midbodies	Ub	SQSTM1	-	LC3	62
		CEP55	NBR1	-	-	63
Pexophagy (yeasts)	Peroxisomes	Pex3, Pex14	Atg30	Atg11, Atg17	-	17, 18
Pexophagy (mammals)	Peroxisomes	Pex14	-	-	LC3	64
		Ub	SQSTM1	-	LC3	65
Mitophagy (yeasts)	Mitochondria	Outer membrane	Atg32	Atg11	Atg8	28, 29
Mitophagy (mammals)	Mitochondria	Outer membrane	BNIP3, BNIP3L, FUNDC1	-	LC3, GABARAP	30–33
		Ub	SQSTM1	-	LC3	66–72
Xenophagy (mammals)	Viruses	Viral capsid proteins	SQSTM1	-	LC3	73
	Ubiquitinated bacteria	Ub	SQSTM1, CALCOCO2, OPTN	-	LC3	34–36, 74–76
	Bactericidal factors	FAU, Ub	SQSTM1	-	LC3	77
	Membrane remnants, damaged vesicles	Ub, LGALS8	SQSTM1, CALCOCO2	-	LC3	78, 79