lgg-3 encodes a hydrophilic protein that is orthologous to Saccharomyces cerevisiae autophagy protein Apg12p; by homology, LGG-3 is predicted to function as a modifier protein required for a protein conjugation system essential for autophagy; in the context of this conjugation system, LGG-3 is predicted to interact with Apg7p and Apg5p homologs (encoded by M7.5 and Y71G12B.12a, respectively) to effect bulk degradation of cytoplasmic components under conditions of starvation or cellular remodeling; free LGG-3 is predicted to localize to the cytoplasm, while LGG-3 conjugated to the Apg5p homolog is predicted to associate with membrane compartments; loss of lgg-3 activity via large-scale RNAi screens results in no obvious developmental or behavioral abnormalities.
Involved in cellular response to toxic substance; determination of adult lifespan; and xenophagy. Acts upstream of or within with a positive effect on plasma membrane repair. Located in autophagosome membrane. Is an ortholog of human ATG12 (autophagy related 12).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.