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SAR405 regulates this process by inhibiting Vps34, which activates a protein complex containing MLST8 and PRAS40. HSC70 initiates one form of this process by binding to proteins with a KFERQ (“K-F-E-R-Q”) motif and directing them (10[1])to a LAMP2A multimeric complex. That chaperone-mediated form of this process (-5[1])is important for regulating cells under mechanical stress like muscle cells. By phosphorylating ULK1, mTOR (“M-tor”) downregulates this process. A study of this process earned Yoshinori Ohsumi (10[1])a Nobel Prize in 2016. In yeast, this process is regulated by ATG proteins, and may be induced via starvation. During this process, large vesicles bind to lysosomes, whose hydrolytic enzymes break down defective proteins and organelles. For 10 points, name this process (-5[1])in which a cell digests its (-5[1])own components. ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: autophagy [or autophagocytosis; reject “phagocytosis”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Stan MelkumianPurdueGeorgetown B3310
Michał GerasimiukStanford BNotre Dame A44-5
Sharath NarayanNorthwestern ANotre Dame C7010
Rachel EzrielevGeorgetown AIowa113-5
Stephen WalshNorthwestern BNotre Dame B119-5
Brielle RachIowaGeorgetown A12210
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame BNorthwestern B1220
Jacob FinleyNotre Dame AStanford B12210

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