hgo-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Predicted to enable homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase activity. Predicted to be involved in L-phenylalanine catabolic process. Located in striated muscle dense body. Expressed in body wall musculature and vulval muscle. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in alkaptonuria. Is an ortholog of human HGD (homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase).