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ATG12 autophagy related 12

Gene ID: 9140, updated on 19-Sep-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: APG12; FBR93; APG12L; HAPG12

Summary

Autophagy is a process of bulk protein degradation in which cytoplasmic components, including organelles, are enclosed in double-membrane structures called autophagosomes and delivered to lysosomes or vacuoles for degradation. ATG12 is the human homolog of a yeast protein involved in autophagy (Mizushima et al., 1998 [PubMed 9852036]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]

Genomic context

Location:
5q22.3
Sequence:
Chromosome: 5; NC_000005.10 (115828200..115841565, complement)
Total number of exons:
6

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