ATG3, Official Symbol ATG3provided by HGNC Official Full Name autophagy related 3provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:20962 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000144848 MIM:609606; AllianceGenome:HGNC:20962 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as APG3; APG3L; hApg3; PC3-96; APG3-LIKE Summary This gene encodes a ubiquitin-like-conjugating enzyme and is a component of ubiquitination-like systems involved in autophagy, the process of degradation, turnover and recycling of cytoplasmic constituents in eukaryotic cells. This protein is known to play a role in regulation of autophagy during cell death. A pseudogene of this gene is located on chromosome 20. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2013] Expression Ubiquitous expression in testis (RPKM 24.5), bone marrow (RPKM 17.6) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all