ATG4C
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: ATG4C
- Official Name: autophagy related 4C cysteine peptidase
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 84938
- UniProt: Q96DT6
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: N/A
- UniProt Summary: Cysteine protease required for the cytoplasm to vacuole transport (Cvt) and autophagy. Is not essential for autophagy development under normal conditions but is required for a proper autophagic response under stressful conditions such as prolonged starvation (By similarity). Cleaves the C-terminal amino acid of ATG8 family proteins MAP1LC3 and GABARAPL2, to reveal a C-terminal glycine. Exposure of the glycine at the C-terminus is essential for ATG8 proteins conjugation to phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and insertion to membranes, which is necessary for autophagy. Has also an activity of delipidating enzyme for the PE-conjugated forms. {ECO:0000250, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21177865}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 17788
- Expression level (log2 read counts): 4.08