WD repeat and FYVE domain-containing protein 3 (WDFY3)

Required for discerning macroautophagy (aggrephagy). Acts as an adapter protein by linking specific proteins destined for degradation to the core autophagic machinery members, like the ATG5-ATG12-ATG16L E3-like ligase, SQSTM1 and LC3 (PubMed:20417604).

Together with p62/SQSTM1, involved in the formation and autophagic degradation of cytoplasmic ubiquitin- containing inclusions (p62 bodies, ALIS/aggresome-like induced structures). Together with SQSTM1, required to recruit ubiquitinated proteins to PML bodies in the nucleus (PubMed:20168092).