ID MLP3A_RAT Reviewed; 121 AA. AC Q6XVN8; DT 10-MAY-2005, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 05-JUL-2004, sequence version 1. DT 16-NOV-2011, entry version 67. DE RecName: Full=Microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3A; DE AltName: Full=Autophagy-related protein LC3 A; DE AltName: Full=Autophagy-related ubiquitin-like modifier LC3 A; DE AltName: Full=MAP1 light chain 3-like protein 1; DE AltName: Full=MAP1A/MAP1B light chain 3 A; DE Short=MAP1A/MAP1B LC3 A; DE AltName: Full=Microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 alpha; DE Flags: Precursor; GN Name=Map1lc3a; OS Rattus norvegicus (Rat). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; OC Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Sciurognathi; OC Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Rattus. OX NCBI_TaxID=10116; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA]. RC TISSUE=Brain; RA Dang Y., Yu L., Wu J., Pei Y.; RT "Cloning and characterization of rat lc3 orthologs."; RL Submitted (DEC-2002) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases. RN [2] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA]. RC TISSUE=Ovary; RX PubMed=15489334; DOI=10.1101/gr.2596504; RG The MGC Project Team; RT "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA RT project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)."; RL Genome Res. 14:2121-2127(2004). RN [3] RP PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 31-37, AND MASS SPECTROMETRY. RC STRAIN=Sprague-Dawley; TISSUE=Brain; RA Lubec G., Kang S.U.; RL Submitted (JUL-2007) to UniProtKB. CC -!- FUNCTION: Probably involved in formation of autophagosomal CC vacuoles (autophagosomes) (By similarity). CC -!- SUBUNIT: 3 different light chains, LC1, LC2 and LC3, can associate CC with MAP1A and MAP1B proteins (By similarity). CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Endomembrane CC system; Lipid-anchor. Cytoplasmic vesicle, autophagosome membrane; CC Lipid-anchor (By similarity). Note=LC3-II binds to the autophagic CC membranes (By similarity). CC -!- PTM: The precursor molecule is cleaved by APG4B/ATG4B to form the CC cytosolic form, LC3-I. This is activated by APG7L/ATG7, CC transferred to ATG3 and conjugated to phospholipid to form the CC membrane-bound form, LC3-II (By similarity). CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the MAP1 LC3 family. CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see http://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; AY206668; AAP42560.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; BC086389; AAH86389.1; -; mRNA. DR IPI; IPI00357953; -. DR RefSeq; NP_955794.1; NM_199500.1. DR UniGene; Rn.3135; -. DR ProteinModelPortal; Q6XVN8; -. DR SMR; Q6XVN8; 5-116. DR STRING; Q6XVN8; -. DR PhosphoSite; Q6XVN8; -. DR PRIDE; Q6XVN8; -. DR Ensembl; ENSRNOT00000035060; ENSRNOP00000032429; ENSRNOG00000025443. DR GeneID; 362245; -. DR KEGG; rno:362245; -. DR UCSC; NM_199500; rat. DR CTD; 84557; -. DR RGD; 735183; Map1lc3a. DR eggNOG; roNOG16845; -. DR GeneTree; ENSGT00390000012937; -. DR HOVERGEN; HBG051706; -. DR InParanoid; Q6XVN8; -. DR OMA; IYEQERD; -. DR OrthoDB; EOG4PC9TJ; -. DR PhylomeDB; Q6XVN8; -. DR NextBio; 679168; -. DR ArrayExpress; Q6XVN8; -. DR Genevestigator; Q6XVN8; -. DR GermOnline; ENSRNOG00000025443; Rattus norvegicus. DR GO; GO:0000421; C:autophagic vacuole membrane; IDA:RGD. DR GO; GO:0031410; C:cytoplasmic vesicle; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0005829; C:cytosol; IDA:RGD. DR GO; GO:0012505; C:endomembrane system; IEA:UniProtKB-SubCell. DR GO; GO:0005770; C:late endosome; IDA:RGD. DR GO; GO:0005874; C:microtubule; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0000045; P:autophagic vacuole assembly; IDA:UniProtKB. DR InterPro; IPR004241; Atg8_ubiquitin-like. DR KO; K10435; -. DR PANTHER; PTHR10969; MAP1_LC3; 1. DR Pfam; PF02991; Atg8; 1. PE 1: Evidence at protein level; KW Autophagy; Complete proteome; Cytoplasm; Cytoplasmic vesicle; KW Cytoskeleton; Direct protein sequencing; Lipoprotein; Membrane; KW Microtubule; Reference proteome; Ubl conjugation pathway. FT CHAIN 1 120 Microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B FT light chain 3A. FT /FTId=PRO_0000017196. FT PROPEP 121 121 Removed in mature form (Probable). FT /FTId=PRO_0000017197. FT LIPID 120 120 Phosphatidylethanolamine amidated glycine FT (Probable). SQ SEQUENCE 121 AA; 14272 MW; 48C1FBE8F7892AF3 CRC64; MPSDRPFKQR RSFADRCKEV QQIRDQHPSK IPVIIERYKG EKQLPVLDKT KFLVPDHVNM SELVKIIRRR LQLNPTQAFF LLVNQHSMVS VSTPIADIYE QEKDEDGFLY MVYASQETFG F //