NCBI Accession #
NP_567642.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_118319.4
NCBI Official Full Name
Ubiquitin-like superfamily protein
NCBI Official Symbol
APG8A
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ATG8A; AUTOPHAGY 8A; AUTOPHAGY-RELATED 8A; F1N20.80; F1N20_80
NCBI Protein Information
Ubiquitin-like superfamily protein
NCBI Summary
Encodes APG8, a component of autophagy conjugation pathway. Delivered to the lumens of vacuole under nitrogen-starvation condition. Highest expression in flowers. mRNA abundance increased during dark-induced carbon starvation. Predominantly cytoplasmic with or without N starvation. Upon concanamycin A the protein accumulates in the central vacuole as punctuate structures that resemble autophagic bodies. This localization is more abundant upon N starvation.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
APG8A; AtAPG8a; Protein autophagy 8a
UniProt Protein Name
Autophagy-related protein 8a
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Autophagy-related ubiquitin-like modifier ATG8a; AtAPG8a; Protein autophagy 8a
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q8LEM4
UniProt Secondary Accession #
O65447; Q8S928
UniProt Related Accession #
Q8LEM4
UniProt Comments
Ubiquitin-like modifier involved in autophagosomes formation. May mediate the delivery of the autophagosomes to the vacuole via the microtubule cytoskeleton.