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SG ID
SG00008680 
UniProt Accession
Theoretical PI
8.73  
Molecular Weight
14272 Da  
Genbank Nucleotide ID
Genbank Protein ID
Gene Name
Map1lc3a 
Gene Synonyms/Alias
 
Protein Name
Microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3A 
Protein Synonyms/Alias
Autophagy-related protein LC3 A; Autophagy-related ubiquitin-like modifier LC3 A; MAP1 light chain 3-like protein 1; MAP1A/MAP1B light chain 3 A;MAP1A/MAP1B LC3 A Microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 alpha;Flags: Precursor 
Organism
Mus musculus (Mouse) 
NCBI Taxonomy ID
10090 
Chromosome Location
chr:2;155102033-155103809;1
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Function in Stage
Uncertain 
Function in Cell Type
Uncertain 
Probability (GAS) of Function in Spermatogenesis
0.707990849 
The probability was calculated by GAS algorithm, ranging from 0 to 1. The closer it is to 1, the more possibly it functions in spermatogenesis.
Description
Temporarily unavailable 
Abstract of related literatures
1. This study describes comprehensive polling of transcription start and termination sites and analysis of previously unidentified full-length complementary DNAs derived from the mouse genome. We identify the 5' and 3' boundaries of 181,047 transcripts with extensive variation in transcripts arising from alternative promoter usage, splicing, and polyadenylation. There are 16,247 new mouse protein-coding transcripts, including 5154 encoding previously unidentified proteins. Genomic mapping of the transcriptome reveals transcriptional forests, with overlapping transcription on both strands, separated by deserts in which few transcripts are observed. The data provide a comprehensive platform for the comparative analysis of mammalian transcriptional regulation in differentiation and development. PMID: [16141072] 

2. The mouse (Mus musculus) is the premier animal model for understanding human disease and development. Here we show that a comprehensive understanding of mouse biology is only possible with the availability of a finished, high-quality genome assembly. The finished clone-based assembly of the mouse strain C57BL/6J reported here has over 175,000 fewer gaps and over 139 Mb more of novel sequence, compared with the earlier MGSCv3 draft genome assembly. In a comprehensive analysis of this revised genome sequence, we are now able to define 20,210 protein-coding genes, over a thousand more than predicted in the human genome (19,042 genes). In addition, we identified 439 long, non-protein-coding RNAs with evidence for transcribed orthologs in human. We analyzed the complex and repetitive landscape of 267 Mb of sequence that was missing or misassembled in the previously published assembly, and we provide insights into the reasons for its resistance to sequencing and assembly by whole-genome shotgun approaches. Duplicated regions within newly assembled sequence tend to be of more recent ancestry than duplicates in the published draft, correcting our initial understanding of recent evolution on the mouse lineage. These duplicates appear to be largely composed of sequence regions containing transposable elements and duplicated protein-coding genes; of these, some may be fixed in the mouse population, but at least 40% of segmentally duplicated sequences are copy number variable even among laboratory mouse strains. Mouse lineage-specific regions contain 3,767 genes drawn mainly from rapidly-changing gene families associated with reproductive functions. The finished mouse genome assembly, therefore, greatly improves our understanding of rodent-specific biology and allows the delineation of ancestral biological functions that are shared with human from derived functions that are not. PMID: [19468303] 

3. The National Institutes of Health's Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC) project was designed to generate and sequence a publicly accessible cDNA resource containing a complete open reading frame (ORF) for every human and mouse gene. The project initially used a random strategy to select clones from a large number of cDNA libraries from diverse tissues. Candidate clones were chosen based on 5'-EST sequences, and then fully sequenced to high accuracy and analyzed by algorithms developed for this project. Currently, more than 11,000 human and 10,000 mouse genes are represented in MGC by at least one clone with a full ORF. The random selection approach is now reaching a saturation point, and a transition to protocols targeted at the missing transcripts is now required to complete the mouse and human collections. Comparison of the sequence of the MGC clones to reference genome sequences reveals that most cDNA clones are of very high sequence quality, although it is likely that some cDNAs may carry missense variants as a consequence of experimental artifact, such as PCR, cloning, or reverse transcriptase errors. Recently, a rat cDNA component was added to the project, and ongoing frog (Xenopus) and zebrafish (Danio) cDNA projects were expanded to take advantage of the high-throughput MGC pipeline. PMID: [15489334] 

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Function
Probably involved in formation of autophagosomalvacuoles (autophagosomes) (By similarity). 
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Subcellular Location
Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Endomembranesystem; Lipid-anchor. Cytoplasmic vesicle, autophagosome membrane;Lipid-anchor (By similarity). Cytoplasmic vesicle, autophagosome(By similarity). Note=LC3-II binds to the autophagic membranes (Bysimilarity). 
Tissue Specificity
 
Gene Ontology
GO IDGO termEvidence
GO:0000421 C:autophagic vacuole membrane IDA:MGI.
GO:0031410 C:cytoplasmic vesicle IEA:UniProtKB-KW.
GO:0005829 C:cytosol IEA:Compara.
GO:0012505 C:endomembrane system IEA:UniProtKB-SubCell.
GO:0005770 C:late endosome IEA:Compara.
GO:0005874 C:microtubule IEA:UniProtKB-KW.
GO:0008429 F:phosphatidylethanolamine binding IEA:Compara.
GO:0000045 P:autophagic vacuole assembly ISS:UniProtKB.
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Interpro
IPR004241;    Atg8_ubiquitin-like.
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Pfam
PF02991;    Atg8;    1.
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SMART
PROSITE
PRINTS
Created Date
18-Oct-2012 
Record Type
GAS predicted 
Sequence Annotation
CHAIN         1    120       Microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B
                             light chain 3A.
                             /FTId=PRO_0000017194.
PROPEP      121    121       Removed in mature form (Probable).
                             /FTId=PRO_0000017195.
LIPID       120    120       Phosphatidylethanolamine amidated glycine
                             (Probable).
CONFLICT     12     12       S -> T (in Ref. 1; BAB22582).
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Nucleotide Sequence
Length: 954 bp   Go to nucleotide: FASTA
Protein Sequence
Length: 121 bp   Go to amino acid: FASTA
The verified Protein-Protein interaction information
UniProt
Gene Symbol Ref Databases
Tp53inp2MINT 
NBR1MINT 
SNCABioGRID 
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