Protein
Autophagy-related protein 21
Organism
Debaryomyces hansenii (strain ATCC 36239 / CBS 767 / JCM 1990 / NBRC 0083 / IGC 2968)
Function
Required for cytoplasm to vacuole transport (Cvt) vesicles formation and mitophagy. Involved in binding of phosphatidylethanolamine to ATG8 and in recruitment of ATG8 and ATG5 to the pre-autophagosomal structure. Protects ATG8 from ARG4-mediated cleavage (By similarity).
Similarity
Belongs to the WD repeat SVP1 family.
Sequence
MVIINNLTFNQDYSCVSVSTTKYHKIFNCDPFGEFYSSYQGSSGTKGDKPNDNDKEIIIDKGNGNEYNKIGEDSPTSYLKMLFSTSLTIIIPQNESVGNRLLKIYNLKQNMKICELTFPSHIIDVKLNRKRLCVILESGQIYIYDLSCVRLIKVLEISSFSSKDSEEETHQKLFVGDLGAEDKSLLVLPISNITDQTDLFNTENGVNVTRASDSNILTSLKPLIEFTENKIDKDIITLEDLQKDSNGWVLIYDTIKLKPRLIYKAHDSSLAKITISNDNKKIATASSKGTIIRVCHLESSDDEDVSKPFNISQIINLRRGHNIAKVNCLSFSLDNSILGCGSESNTIHFFRLSKQPHESFEYEEDPANESDPDDEDRSSEDLNQNLANLLISKTPDASAPDQKDSAKSSYFGVLKKKVEGSSRFMNNPYTQTIVRNLPYKNYFENLIWEPPRRAFAYVKLPEYTPPQLFNLHQSKNKVAIGFANTNNNGHLIMLASYQTGQFYHYQLPKPSDQPEPSDSRHECNLIAQYSLL