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Designing a Western blot for ATG12? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the ATG12 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for ATG12? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the ATG12 IHC Guide6 Citations
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Facts about Ubiquitin-like protein ATG12.
The ATG12-ATG5 conjugate acts as an E3-like enzyme that's required for lipidation of ATG8 family proteins and their association to the vesicle membranes. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | ATG12 |
| Uniprot: | O94817 |
| Entrez: | 9140 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| ATG12 family |

Apg12 (autophagy 12, S. cerevisiae)-like; APG12 autophagy 12-like (S. cerevisiae); APG12; APG12HAPG12; APG12-like; ATG12 autophagy related 12 homolog (S. cerevisiae); ATG12; Autophagy-related protein 12; FBR93; HAPG12; ubiquitin-like protein ATG12; yeast) homolog
Mass (kDA):
15.113 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 5q22.3 |
| Sequence: | 5; NC_000005.10 (115828200..115841565, complement) |
Ubiquitous.
Cytoplasm. Preautophagosomal structure membrane; Peripheral membrane protein. TECPR1 recruits the ATG12-ATG5 conjugate to the autolysosomal membrane.






PMID: 9852036 by Mizushima N., et al. A new protein conjugation system in human. The counterpart of the yeast Apg12p conjugation system essential for autophagy.
PMID: 11096062 by Tanida I., et al. The human homolog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Apg7p is a Protein- activating enzyme for multiple substrates including human Apg12p, GATE-16, GABARAP, and MAP-LC3.