{"symbol":"ATG12","synonyms":["APG12L","FBR93","HAPG12","APG12"],"name":"autophagy related 12","description":"Autophagy is a process of bulk protein degradation in which cytoplasmic components, including organelles, are enclosed in double-membrane structures called autophagosomes and delivered to lysosomes or vacuoles for degradation. ATG12 is the human homolog of a yeast protein involved in autophagy (Mizushima et al., 1998 [PubMed 9852036]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":9140,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/9140","proteins":[{"symbol":"ATG12_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/ATG12_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[]}