cho-1 encodes a high-affinity choline transporter orthologous to members of the sodium-dependent glucose transporter family; CHO-1 is expressed in cholinergic neurons.
Enables choline transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in choline transport. Located in axon; neuronal cell body; and synaptic vesicle. Expressed in head mesodermal cell; intestine; nerve ring; and neurons. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in congenital myasthenic syndrome 20; distal hereditary motor neuronopathy type 7A; and major depressive disorder. Is an ortholog of human SLC5A7 (solute carrier family 5 member 7).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.