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ATG3 autophagy 3 (APG3) [ Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) ]

Gene ID: 836271, updated on 6-Jul-2026
Official Symbol
ATG3
Official Full Name
autophagy 3 (APG3)
Primary source
TAIR:AT5G61500
Locus tag
AT5G61500
See related
Araport:AT5G61500
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype: Columbia)
Lineage
Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Brassicales; Brassicaceae; Camelineae; Arabidopsis
Also known as
ATATG3; K11J9.1; K11J9_1
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Location:
chromosome: 5
Exon count:
10
Sequence:
Chromosome: 5; NC_003076.8 (24733785..24736876, complement)

Chromosome 5 - NC_003076.8Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene ncRNA Neighboring gene uncharacterized protein Neighboring gene uncharacterized protein Neighboring gene GroES-like zinc-binding alcohol dehydrogenase family protein Neighboring gene Major facilitator superfamily protein Neighboring gene small G protein family protein / RhoGAP family protein

Genomic Sequence:
NC_003076.8
Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description
NM_001345476.1
NM_125543.5

Gene Ontology Provided by TAIR

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables Atg8-family conjugating enzyme activity IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
enables protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
enables ubiquitin-like protein transferase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in autophagosome assembly IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in autophagy IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in autophagy of mitochondrion IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in glycophagy IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in nucleophagy IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in cytoplasm IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
located_in cytoplasm ISM
Inferred from Sequence Model
more info
 
is_active_in cytosol IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
is_active_in phagophore assembly site IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
Preferred Names
autophagy 3 (APG3)
NP_568934.1
  • ATG3; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Autophagy-related protein 3 (InterPro:IPR007135), Autophagy-related protein 3, C-terminal (InterPro:IPR019461), Autophagy-related protein 3, N-terminal (InterPro:IPR007134); Has 30201 Blast hits to 17322 proteins in 780 species: Archae - 12; Bacteria - 1396; Metazoa - 17338; Fungi - 3422; Plants - 5037; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 2996 (source: NCBI BLink).

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_003076.8 Reference assembly

    Range
    24733785..24736876 complement
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_125543.5NP_568934.1  autophagy 3 (APG3) [Arabidopsis thaliana]

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_568934.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    Q0WWQ1, Q8L982, Q8S930, Q9FKG9
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    pfam03986
    Location:7138
    Autophagy_N; Autophagocytosis associated protein (Atg3), N-terminal domain
    pfam03987
    Location:37302
    Autophagy_act_C; Autophagocytosis associated protein, active-site domain
  2. NM_001345476.1NP_001331033.1  autophagy 3 (APG3) [Arabidopsis thaliana]

    Status: REVIEWED

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A1P8BCL3