Function
Functions as a calcium permeable cation channel (PubMed:15862350). Required for 2 aspects of male mating behavior: response to hermaphrodite contact and vulva location (PubMed:11553327, PubMed:12411744, PubMed:15862350, PubMed:15753033, PubMed:18037411, PubMed:28745435). Acts in the same pathway as lov-1 and atp-2 in response behavior (PubMed:11553327).
Sequence
MNYGAADERWANPPQPVAAAEHGPSFDHSMVSEEYEHDKKKNPAQKEGISFSQALLASGHEKSDGKIKLTARSFMEVGGYAVFLIVLVYVAFAQNSIQSYYYSKVMSDLFVASTGASGAPAFGSCTSMDNIWDWLSQVLIPGIYWTETSNSTDNENMIYYENRLLGEPRIRMLKVTNDSCTVMKSFQREIKECFANYEEKLEDKTMVGDGSVDAFIYATAKELENLKTVGTIASYGGGGFVQRLPVAGSTEAQSAIATLKANRWIDRGSRAIIVDFALYNANINLFCVVKLLFELPASGGVITTPKLMTYDLLTYQTSGGTRMMIFEGIFCGFILYFIFEELFAIGRHRLHYLTQFWNLVDVVLLGFSVATIILSVNRTKTGVNRVNSVIENGLTNAPFDDVTSSENSYLNIKACVVFVAWVKVFKFISVNKTMSQLSSTLTRSAKDIGGFAVMFAVFFFAFAQFGYLCFGTQIADYSNLYNSAFALLRLILGDFNFSALESCNRFFGPAFFIAYVFFVSFILLNMFLAIINDSYVEVKAELARKKDGEGILDWFMNKVRGLTKRGKRPDAPGEDATYEDYKLMLYRAGYAEKDINEAFTRFNVTSMTEHVPEKVAEDIADEVARMTEQKRNYMENHRDYANLNRRVDQMQESVFSIVDRIEGVNATLQTIEKQRVQQQDGGNLMDLSALLTNQVRNRESAARRPTITSIADKKEE