Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables identical protein binding activity and protein-macromolecule adaptor activity. Involved in autophagosome assembly; cellular response to glucose starvation; and engulfment of apoptotic cell. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including amyloid-beta metabolic process; negative regulation of autophagosome assembly; and positive regulation of cardiac muscle hypertrophy. Located in autophagosome; phagocytic vesicle; and trans-Golgi network. Part of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase complex, class III. Is active in cytoplasm. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; extraembryonic visceral endoderm; jaw; oral epithelium; and sensory organ. Used to study systemic lupus erythematosus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Machado-Joseph disease and breast cancer. Orthologous to human BECN1 (beclin 1).
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