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 8.0.0) Predicted to enable cysteine-type endopeptidase activity and protein-phosphatidylethanolamide deconjugating activity. Predicted to be involved in macroautophagy; protein delipidation; and protein processing. 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] |