Transcription regulatory networks in Caenorhabditis elegans

Gene

Public Gene Name

lov-1  

Sequence Name

ZK945.9  

WB ID

WBGene00003058  

Description

lov-1 encodes an ortholog of human PKD1 (OMIM:601313; mutated in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease) that is expressed in the ciliated sensory endings of three types of male-specific neurons and that is required for two aspects of male mating behavior: response to hermaphrodite contact and vulva location; LOV-1 acts with PKD-2; EGL-44 and EGL-46 regulate cell-specific expression of lov-1 and pkd-2 to specify the behavioral function of the HOB neuron; in vitro, LOV-1 interacts, via its conserved PLAT domain, with the N-terminus of ATP-2, the beta subunit of ATP synthase that also localizes to cilia, suggesting that ATP synthase may play a role in C. elegans polycystin signaling.