Description
Product Characteristics: Autophagy is the process by which endogenous proteins and damaged organelles are destroyed intracellularly. Autophagy is postulated to be essential for cell homeostasis and cell remodeling during differentiation, metamorphosis, non-apoptotic cell death, and aging. Reduced levels of autophagy have been described in some malignant tumors, and a role for autophagy in controlling the unregulated cell growth linked to cancer has been proposed. It may play a role in antiviral host defense. Protects against infection by a neurovirulent strain of Sindbis virus. May play a role in autophagy. SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm. Golgi apparatus membrane, Peripheral membrane protein. TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Ubiquitous,Drosophila Autophagy,Beclin-1, BECN1, ATG6, beclin1
Target Information: Beclin-1 participates in the regulation of autophagy and has an important role in development, tumorigenesis, and neurodegeneration (Zhong et al., 2009 [PubMed 19270693]).[supplied by OMIM, Jul 2010]