Gene
- Public Gene Name
- eat-2
- Sequence Name
- Y48B6A.4
- WB ID
- WBGene00001133
- Description
- eat-2 encodes a ligand-gated ion channel subunit most closely related to the non-alpha-subunits of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR); EAT-2 functions postsynaptically in pharyngeal muscle to regulate the rate of pharyngeal pumping; eat-2 is also required for normal life span and defecation; a functional EAT-2::GFP fusion protein localizes to two small dots near the junction of pharyngeal muscles pm4 and pm5, which is the site of the posterior-most MC motor neuron processes and the MC synapse; eat-2 genetically interacts with eat-18, which encodes a predicted novel transmembrane protein expressed in pharyngeal muscle and required for proper function of pharyngeal nicotonic receptors.
