MAP1LC3C, Official Symbol MAP1LC3Cprovided by HGNC Official Full Name microtubule associated protein 1 light chain 3 gammaprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:13353 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000197769 MIM:609605; AllianceGenome:HGNC:13353 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status VALIDATED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as LC3C; ATG8J Summary Autophagy is a highly regulated bulk degradation process that plays an important role in cellular maintenance and development. MAP1LC3C is an ortholog of the yeast autophagosome protein Atg8 (He et al., 2003 [PubMed 12740394]).[supplied by OMIM, Nov 2010] Expression Biased expression in placenta (RPKM 3.9), lung (RPKM 1.9) and 9 other tissues See more Orthologs all