PBS with 0.02% sodium azide and 50% glycerol pH 7.4. Store at -20°C. Avoid?repeated?freeze-thaw?cycles.
Clonality:
Polyclonal
Isotype:
IgG
Concentration:
1mg/mL
Observed Band:
45kDa
GeneID:
115201
Human Swiss-Prot No:
Q8WYN0
Cellular localization:
Cytoplasm
Background:
Autophagy is a catabolic process for the autophagosomic-lysosomal degradation of bulk cytoplasmic contents. Control of autophagy was largely discovered in yeast and involves proteins encoded by a set of autophagy-related genes (Atg). Formation of autophagic vesicles requires a pair of essential ubiquitin-like conjugation systems, Atg12-Atg5 and Atg8-phosphatidylethanolamine (Atg8-PE), which are widely conserved in eukaryotes. Numerous mammalian counterparts to yeast Atg proteins have been described, including three Atg8 proteins (GATE-16, GABARAP, and LC3) and four Atg4 homologs (Atg4A/autophagin-2, Atg4B/autophagin-1, Atg4C/autophagin-3, and Atg4D/autophagin-4).