Function
Required, with oct-8, for the localization of a subset of 7 transmembrane domain odorant receptors, including odr-10, to the cilia of olfactory neurons AWA and AWC (PubMed:9590179, PubMed:24603482). Regulates chemotaxis responses to benzaldehyde, diacetyl and 2,4,5-trimethylthiazole in AWA and AWC neurons (PubMed:8348618). Plays a role in nociceptive neurons to mediate avoidance of high oxygen (PubMed:16581509).
Sequence
MTRNRRKSKTTATSHPELHLEKVDPMKTVTESMILFDVQLQEWVTKSAKNHEFVLSDKGIPASAYFLLGSFCSDGDIHVAYASKCPVHSSALEENATESSKMLEDEWMSDHAERLLRMLPGGIHVVGIAWFSDKKTFSDRKSHIHKTLGRIQKMNNQITTANVDDSISDNMITVFFETPSTTPIGAIIDVTNRGNDSAQKVQFQKLEWISLVTNASARIVHNVPVDTGRPTDFYSDLVVATKNFVNNLFQCEFTLLDGEIRDDKEPLIKDIKKNKKTTIEAQLFLNPLYNRELGAIDDIASNMHEVLFDIEVRAAVPIRSTVKDAIRAIKHHLVRNLFARVELHYESMEVVEEERSPKTGITVHQLPRPATTVLYTHPAILINDFLFEADNVEDAQKNFDDMMDLQTSIEHVDEGWERALTPEEMEAVRTPIEDLHFVDFDGSSDSWCTTKTILITIALIIGLLASIIYFTVAHS