Assertion: osteoclast's function | /r/CapableOf | recycle macromolecule
Facets:
value: for energy preservation
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Based on our study, we propose that, unlike the traditionally known function of ATG, which becomes activated under stressed conditions such as starvation to renew and recycle macromolecules for energy preservation, ATG in osteoclasts is potently activated not to recycle, but to mediate structural alterations, which eventually lead to the active purge of organelles such as lysozymes that contain H+ ions and proteins that degrade extracellular bone matrixes.