# autophagosome

> double-membrane-bounded compartment that engulfs endogenous cellular material as well as invading microorganisms to target them to the lytic vacuole/lysosome for degradation as part of macroautophagy

**Wikidata**: [Q14882441](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14882441)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autophagosome)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/autophagosome


## References

1. Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)