Species Human Entrez 8408 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000177169 | |
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Aliases ULK1, ATG1, ATG1A, UNC51, Unc51.1, hATG1, unc-51 like autophagy activating kinase 1 External IDs MGI: 1270126 HomoloGene: 2640 GeneCards: ULK1 | ||
Serine/threonine-protein kinase ULK1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ULK1 gene.
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Function
ULK1 is an important protein in autophagy. It is part of the ULK1-complex, which is needed in early steps of autophagosome biogenesis.
Interactions
ULK1 has been shown to interact with GABARAPL2, GABARAP, SYNGAP1 and SDCBP.
References
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