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Official Full Name: autophagy related 4B cysteine peptidase
Also known as: APG4B; AUTL1; HsAPG4B
Autophagy is the process by which endogenous proteins and damaged organelles are destroyed within cells. Autophagy is considered essential for cellular homeostasis and cellular remodeling during cellular differentiation, metamorphosis, non-apoptotic cell death, and senescence. Reduced levels of autophagy have been described in some malignancies and a role for autophagy in the control of unregulated cell growth associated with cancer has been proposed. This gene encodes a member of the autophagy protein family. The encoded protein has also been designated as a member of the C-54 cysteine protease family. Alternative transcriptional splice variants encoding different isoforms have been characterized.