MAP1LC3A

Microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 alpha
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB List of PDB id codes 3ECI​, 3WAL​, 3WAN​, 4ZDV​
Identifiers
Symbols	MAP1LC3A ; ATG8E; LC3; LC3A; MAP1ALC3; MAP1BLC3
External IDs	OMIM: 601242 MGI: 1915661 HomoloGene: 12021 GeneCards: MAP1LC3A Gene
Gene ontology Molecular function • protein binding • phospholipid binding • microtubule binding • phosphatidylethanolamine binding • ubiquitin protein ligase binding Cellular component • pre-autophagosomal structure • autophagosome membrane • late endosome • autophagosome • cytosol • microtubule • extrinsic component of membrane • organelle membrane • cytoplasmic vesicle Biological process • autophagosome assembly • mitophagy • cellular response to nitrogen starvation • nucleophagy • membrane fusion Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	84557	66734
Ensembl	ENSG00000101460	ENSMUSG00000027602
UniProt	Q9H492	Q91VR7
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_032514	NM_025735
RefSeq (protein)	NP_115903	NP_080011
Location (UCSC)	Chr 20: 34.55 – 34.56 Mb	Chr 2: 155.28 – 155.28 Mb
PubMed search

Microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAP1LC3A gene.^[1][2][3] Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.

Function

MAP1A and MAP1B are microtubule-associated proteins which mediate the physical interactions between microtubules and components of the cytoskeleton. MAP1A and MAP1B each consist of a heavy chain subunit and multiple light chain subunits. The protein encoded by this gene is one of the light chain subunits and can associate with either MAP1A or MAP1B. ^[3]

MAPLC3A is one of the mammalian homologues of yeast ATG8, an important marker and effector of autophagy.^[4]

Regulation

MAP1LC3A is regulated by several post-translational modifications. These include covalent linkage of the C-terminus to phosphatidylethanolamine in autophagic membranes, and phosphorylation by protein kinase A,^[5] which downregulates its autophagy functions. Noncovalent interactions are important for its cargo targeting functions in selective autophagy. For example, it has been shown to interact with sequestosome 1.^[6]

References

1. Mann SS, Hammarback JA (May 1997). "Gene localization and developmental expression of light chain 3: a common subunit of microtubule-associated protein 1A(MAP1A) and MAP1B". J Neurosci Res 43 (5): 535–44. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19960301)43:5<535::AID-JNR3>3.0.CO;2-J. PMID 8833088.
2. Pankiv S, Clausen TH, Lamark T, Brech A, Bruun JA, Outzen H, Overvatn A, Bjorkoy G, Johansen T (Aug 2007). "p62/SQSTM1 binds directly to Atg8/LC3 to facilitate degradation of ubiquitinated protein aggregates by autophagy". J Biol Chem 282 (33): 24131–45. doi:10.1074/jbc.M702824200. PMID 17580304.
3. "Entrez Gene: MAP1LC3A microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 alpha".
4. Valente G, Morani F, Nicotra G, Fusco N, Peracchio C, Titone R, Alabiso O, Arisio R, Katsaros D, Benedetto C, Isidoro C (2014). "Expression and clinical significance of the autophagy proteins BECLIN 1 and LC3 in ovarian cancer". Biomed Res Int 2014: 462658. doi:10.1155/2014/462658. PMID 25136588.
5. Cherra SJ, Kulich SM, Uechi G, Balasubramani M, Mountzouris J, Day BW, Chu CT (August 2010). "Regulation of the autophagy protein LC3 by phosphorylation". J. Cell Biol. 190 (4): 533–9. doi:10.1083/jcb.201002108. PMC 2928022. PMID 20713600.
6. Shvets E, Fass E, Scherz-Shouval R, Elazar Z (August 2008). "The N-terminus and Phe52 residue of LC3 recruit p62/SQSTM1 into autophagosomes". J. Cell. Sci. 121 (Pt 16): 2685–95. doi:10.1242/jcs.026005. PMID 18653543.

Further reading

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• Schoenfeld TA, McKerracher L, Obar R, Vallee RB (1989). "MAP 1A and MAP 1B are structurally related microtubule associated proteins with distinct developmental patterns in the CNS". J. Neurosci. 9 (5): 1712–30. PMID 2470876.
• Mann SS, Hammarback JA (1994). "Molecular characterization of light chain 3. A microtubule binding subunit of MAP1A and MAP1B". J. Biol. Chem. 269 (15): 11492–7. PMID 7908909.
• Hartley JL, Temple GF, Brasch MA (2001). "DNA Cloning Using In Vitro Site-Specific Recombination". Genome Res. 10 (11): 1788–95. doi:10.1101/gr.143000. PMC 310948. PMID 11076863.
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• Bonnet C, Boucher D, Lazereg S, et al. (2001). "Differential binding regulation of microtubule-associated proteins MAP1A, MAP1B, and MAP2 by tubulin polyglutamylation". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (16): 12839–48. doi:10.1074/jbc.M011380200. PMID 11278895.
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• He H, Dang Y, Dai F, et al. (2003). "Post-translational modifications of three members of the human MAP1LC3 family and detection of a novel type of modification for MAP1LC3B". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (31): 29278–87. doi:10.1074/jbc.M303800200. PMID 12740394.
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