pkd-2 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Enables calcium channel activity. Involved in calcium ion transport; response to hermaphrodite contact; and vulval location. Located in several cellular components, including neuronal cell body; perinuclear region of cytoplasm; and plasma membrane bounded cell projection. Expressed in CEM; nerve ring; neurons; and ray. Used to study autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in intracranial aneurysm; polycystic kidney disease 2; and retinal degeneration. Is an ortholog of human PKD2 (polycystin 2, transient receptor potential cation channel) and PKD2L1 (polycystin 2 like 1, transient receptor potential cation channel).