Protein Secretion: Unconventional Exit by Exophagy

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Certain secreted proteins bypass the canonical exit pathway from cells. Two studies now shed light on the unconventional secretion route taken by the yeast acyl-coenzyme A-binding protein: this protein is sequestered into autophagic vesicles that are re-routed to the plasma membrane where their content is released to the extracellular space.