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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. Transcript variants that encode distinct isoforms have been identified.
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Protein Aliases: APG4 autophagy 4 homolog A; ATG4 autophagy related 4 homolog A; AUT-like 2 cysteine endopeptidase; AUT-like 2, cysteine endopeptidase; autophagin 2; Autophagin-2; autophagy related 4A, cysteine peptidase; Autophagy-related cysteine endopeptidase 2; Autophagy-related protein 4 homolog A; Cysteine protease ATG4A; hAPG4A; HsAPG4A; MGC107179
Gene Aliases: APG4A; ATG4A; AUTL2
UniProt ID: (Human) Q8WYN0
Entrez Gene ID: (Human) 115201
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