Transcription regulatory networks in Caenorhabditis elegans

Gene

Public Gene Name

unc-38  

Sequence Name

F21F3.5  

WB ID

WBGene00006774  

Description

unc-38 encodes a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) alpha subunit; UNC-38 is required for normal locomotion and egg-laying, and functions as a subunit of a ligand-gated ion channel that likely mediates fast actions of acetylcholine at neuromuscular junctions and in the nervous system; when coexpressed with ACR-2, ACR-3, UNC-29, and LEV-1, non-alpha nAChR subunits, the resulting multimer can form levamisole-gated channels; UNC-38 is expressed postsynaptically in muscles and neurons where it colocalizes with TAX-6, and with ACR-8, ACR-12, and UNC-29, respectively.