unc-82 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans A structural constituent of muscle. Involved in striated muscle myosin thick filament assembly and striated muscle paramyosin thick filament assembly. Located in M band. Expressed in body wall musculature. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in anencephaly. Is an ortholog of human NUAK1 (NUAK family kinase 1) and NUAK2 (NUAK family kinase 2).