Primary Identifier | MGI:2651854 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 4 | NCBI Gene Number | 242557 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0) Predicted to enable cysteine-type endopeptidase activity and protein-phosphatidylethanolamide deconjugating activity. Predicted to be involved in macroautophagy and protein processing. Predicted to act upstream of or within protein transport. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm. Is expressed in central nervous system and retina. Orthologous to human ATG4C (autophagy related 4C cysteine peptidase). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele show a higher incidence of chemically-induced fibrosarcomas, and exhibit both a significant reduction of autophagic activity in the diaphragm muscle as well as decreased locomotor activity after prolonged starvation. [provided by MGI curators] |