MAP1LC3A

MAP1LC3A
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases MAP1LC3A, ATG8E, LC3, LC3A, MAP1ALC3, MAP1BLC3, microtubule associated protein 1 light chain 3 alpha
External IDs MGI: 1915661 HomoloGene: 12021 GeneCards: MAP1LC3A
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

84557

66734

Ensembl

ENSG00000101460

ENSMUSG00000027602

UniProt

Q9H492

Q91VR7

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_032514
NM_181509

NM_025735

RefSeq (protein)

NP_115903.1
NP_852610.1

NP_080011.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 20: 34.55 – 34.56 Mb Chr 2: 155.28 – 155.28 Mb
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Microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAP1LC3A gene.[3][4][5] Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.

Function

MAP1A and MAP1B are microtubule-associated proteins which mediate the physical interactions between microtubules and components of the cytoskeleton. MAP1A and MAP1B each consist of a heavy chain subunit and multiple light chain subunits. The protein encoded by this gene is one of the light chain subunits and can associate with either MAP1A or MAP1B.[5]

MAPLC3A is one of the mammalian homologues of yeast ATG8, an important marker and effector of autophagy.[6]

Regulation

MAP1LC3A is regulated by several post-translational modifications. These include covalent linkage of the C-terminus to phosphatidylethanolamine in autophagic membranes, and phosphorylation by protein kinase A,[7] which downregulates its autophagy functions. Noncovalent interactions are important for its cargo targeting functions in selective autophagy. For example, it has been shown to interact with sequestosome 1.[8]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Mann SS, Hammarback JA (May 1997). "Gene localization and developmental expression of light chain 3: a common subunit of microtubule-associated protein 1A(MAP1A) and MAP1B". J Neurosci Res. 43 (5): 535–44. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19960301)43:5<535::AID-JNR3>3.0.CO;2-J. PMID 8833088.
  4. Pankiv S, Clausen TH, Lamark T, Brech A, Bruun JA, Outzen H, Overvatn A, Bjorkoy G, Johansen T (Aug 2007). "p62/SQSTM1 binds directly to Atg8/LC3 to facilitate degradation of ubiquitinated protein aggregates by autophagy". J Biol Chem. 282 (33): 24131–45. doi:10.1074/jbc.M702824200. PMID 17580304.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: MAP1LC3A microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 alpha".
  6. Valente G, Morani F, Nicotra G, Fusco N, Peracchio C, Titone R, Alabiso O, Arisio R, Katsaros D, Benedetto C, Isidoro C (2014). "Expression and clinical significance of the autophagy proteins BECLIN 1 and LC3 in ovarian cancer". Biomed Res Int. 2014: 462658. doi:10.1155/2014/462658. PMC 4127242Freely accessible. PMID 25136588.
  7. Cherra SJ, Kulich SM, Uechi G, Balasubramani M, Mountzouris J, Day BW, Chu CT (August 2010). "Regulation of the autophagy protein LC3 by phosphorylation". J. Cell Biol. 190 (4): 533–9. doi:10.1083/jcb.201002108. PMC 2928022Freely accessible. PMID 20713600.
  8. Shvets E, Fass E, Scherz-Shouval R, Elazar Z (August 2008). "The N-terminus and Phe52 residue of LC3 recruit p62/SQSTM1 into autophagosomes". J. Cell. Sci. 121 (Pt 16): 2685–95. doi:10.1242/jcs.026005. PMID 18653543.

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