Autophagy-related protein and dual specificity member of the E1 family; mediates the attachment of Atg12p to Atg5p and Atg8p to phosphatidylethanolamine which are required steps in autophagosome formation; E1 enzymes are also known as ubiquitin-activating enzymes; involved in methionine restriction extension of chronological lifespan in an autophagy-dependent manner [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001214]
APG11, APG7, CVT2
Chromosome VIII: 445,713-447,605 forward strand.
R64-1-1:BK006934.2
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 357 orthologues, 7 paralogues and is a member of 1 Ensembl protein family.