NCBI Accession #
NP_001318423.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_001337075.1
NCBI Official Full Name
Peptidase family C54 protein
NCBI Official Symbol
AT2G44140
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
F6E13.27
NCBI Protein Information
Peptidase family C54 protein
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
APG4A; AtAPG4a; Protein autophagy 4a
UniProt Protein Name
Cysteine protease ATG4a
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Autophagy-related protein 4 homolog a; AtAPG4a; Protein autophagy 4a
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q8S929
UniProt Secondary Accession #
O80583; Q3EBG5
UniProt Related Accession #
Q8S929
UniProt Comments
Cysteine protease required for autophagy, which is able to cleave the C-terminal part of ATG8 that may be subsequently converted to a smaller form, with a revealed C-terminal glycine. ATG8 is then activated by ATG7 and is subsequently attached to ATG3, another E2-like enzyme, after which the C-terminal glycine of ATG8 is conjugated to phosphatidylethanolamine by an amide bond. This conjugated form has the capacity for the binding to autophagosomes.