| ID | Sequence | Length | GC content |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGUGUCACGUGAGGCCCCGGUGGCGGCGCAGCUACGGCAAGAGAGUGAG… | 3056 nt | 0.4035 | |
| AGUGUCACGUGAGGCCCCGGUGGCGGCGCAGCUACGGCAAGAGAGUGAG… | 1568 nt | 0.4847 |
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]
A study in mice demonstrated that chronic methamphetamine administration significantly dysregulated the ATG3 in microglia, implicating it in autophagy pathway disruption [Oladapo et al. DOI:10.3390/Ijms26020649]. A separate investigation in mouse embryos showed that acute alcohol exposure during neurulation upregulated the ATG3 in the rostroventral neural tube two hours post-exposure, associating it with autophagy and cellular stress responses [Boschen et al. DOI:10.1016/J.Alcohol.2022.09.001].