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Designing a Western blot for ATG3? 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 ATG3 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for ATG3? 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 ATG3 IHC Guide2 Citations
Facts about Ubiquitin-like-conjugating enzyme ATG3.
The ATG12- ATG5 conjugate plays a role of an E3 and promotes the transport of ATG8-like proteins from ATG3 to phosphatidylethanolamine (PE). This step is required for the membrane association of ATG8-like proteins.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | ATG3 |
| Uniprot: | Q9NT62 |
| Entrez: | 64422 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| ATG3 family |

APG3 autophagy 3-like (S. cerevisiae); APG3; APG3L; APG3-LIKE; Apg3p; ATG3 autophagy related 3 homolog (S. cerevisiae); ATG3; Autophagy-related protein 3; DKFZp564M1178; EC 6.3.2.-; FLJ22125,2610016C12Rik; hApg3; MGC15201; PC3-96; Protein PC3-96; ubiquitin-like-conjugating enzyme ATG3
Mass (kDA):
35.864 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 3q13.2 |
| Sequence: | 3; NC_000003.12 (112532510..112561962, complement) |
Widely expressed, with a highest expression in heart, skeletal muscle, kidney, liver and placenta.
Cytoplasm.






PMID: 11825910 by Tanida I., et al. Human Apg3p/Aut1p homologue is an authentic E2 enzyme for multiple substrates, GATE-16, GABARAP, and MAP-LC3, and facilitates the conjugation of hApg12p to hApg5p.
PMID: 12207896 by Tanida I., et al. Mammalian Apg12p, but not the Apg12p.Apg5p conjugate, facilitates LC3 processing.