MAP1LC3A/B Antibody – Rabbit Polyclonal

The product of this gene is a subunit of neuronal microtubule-associated MAP1A and MAP1B proteins, which are involved in microtubule assembly and important for neurogenesis. Studies on the rat homolog implicate a role for this gene in autophagy, a process that involves the bulk degradation of cytoplasmic component. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

LC3B: is a ubiquitin-like protein that is a constituent of the ATG8-conjugation system, one of two evolutionarily conserved phosphatidylethanolamine conjugation systems necessary for the formation of the autophagosome. The human ATG8 system includes seven ubiquitin-like light chain proteins (LCPs) that are homologs of yeast LC3: MAP1LC3A, -B, -C, GABARAP, GABARAPL1, -2, and -3. Pro-LCPs are cleaved by ATG4B to expose a C-terminal glycine residue, the cytosolic LCP-I form. The exposed C-terminus is conjugated to the head group amine of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) through an amide bond by a sequence of ubiquitination-like reactions that involves an E1 (ATG7), an E2 (ATG3), and an E3 (a complex including ATG5, ATG12, and ATG16L). The PE-congugated form (LCP-II) is tightly associated with the autophagosomal membrane. The LCP-II forms can also be delipidated by the ATG4 proteases: most of the LCPs are delipidated and liberated from the membrane before autophagosomes fuse with lysosomes. Interacts at microtubules with CABP1 (via EF-hands 1 and 2) but not with calmodulin. Recruits proteins such as SQSTM1 and NBR1 to the autophagosome.

Protein type: Vesicle; Microtubule-binding; Ubiquitin-like modifier; Autophagy

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 16q24.2

Cellular Component: microtubule; extrinsic to membrane; mitochondrion; endomembrane system; autophagic vacuole; axoneme; intracellular; cytoplasmic vesicle; cytosol

Molecular Function: protein binding; microtubule binding; GABA receptor binding

Biological Process: mitochondrion degradation; cellular response to nitrogen starvation; autophagic vacuole formation