Specificity
This antibody recognises human Autophagy-related protein 7, known also as Ubitiquin Activating Enzyme-E1 like Protein, ATG7, and APG7. ATG7 is a ~78 kDa cytoplasmic protein.In mammalian cells, ATG7 is essential for autophagy conjugation systems, autophagosome formation, and starvation-induced bulk degradation of proteins and organelles. Caspase-8 may alter ATG7 levels and thus the ATG7 program of autophagic cell death. ATG7 is evolutionarily conserved exhibiting high homology within mammalian species. It expressed in wide range of tissues including kidney, liver, bone marrow and lymph nodes.