Full name:

autophagy related 5

Synonyms:

ASP; APG5; APG5L; hAPG5; APG5-LIKE

Swissprot:

Q9H1Y0

Gene Accession:

BC002699

Purity:

>85%, as determined by Coomassie blue stained SDS-PAGE

Expression system:

Escherichia coli

Tags:

His tag C-Terminus, GST tag N-Terminus

Background:

Autophagy protein 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ATG5 gene. It is an E3 ubiquitin ligase which is necessary for autophagy due to its role in autophagosome elongation. It is activated by ATG7 and forms a complex with ATG12 and ATG16L1. This complex is necessary for LC3-1 conjugation to PE to form LC3-II.