Background |
Autophagy is the process by which endogenous proteins and damaged organelles are destroyed intracellularly. Autophagy is postulated to be essential for cell homeostasis and cell remodeling during differentiation, metamorphosis, non-apoptotic cell death, and aging. Reduced levels of autophagy have been described in some malignant tumors, and a role for autophagy in controlling the unregulated cell growth linked to cancer has been proposed. This gene encodes a member of the autophagin protein family. The encoded protein is also designated as a member of the C-54 family of cysteine proteases. Alternate transcriptional splice variants, encoding different isoforms, have been characterized. |
Manufacturers Research Area |
Cancer, Invasion and Metastasis, Signal Transduction, Cell Biology Developmental Biology, Autophagy, Extracellular Matrix, Ubiquitin, Endocrine Metabolism, Mitochondrial metabolism, Cardiovascular, Heart |