cht-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Enables chitinase activity. Involved in chitin catabolic process and response to fungus. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Expressed in gonad. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including artery disease (multiple); autoimmune disease (multiple); and lung disease (multiple). Is an ortholog of human CHIA (chitinase acidic).