pgp-14 encodes a member of the ABC transporter family with high similarity to the vertebrate MDR (multidrug resistance) family; PGP-14 is predicted to function as a transmembrane protein that couples energy to transport of various molecules across membranes, but as loss of pgp-14 activity via large-scale RNAi screens does not result in any obvious defects, the precise role of pgp-14 in C. elegans development and/or behavior is not yet known; pgp-14 promoter-gfp fusion proteins are expressed in larvae and adults in the anterior pharynx.
Predicted to enable ATPase-coupled transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in response to nematicide. Predicted to be located in membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including autoimmune disease (multiple); carcinoma (multiple); and hematologic cancer (multiple). Is an ortholog of human ABCB1 (ATP binding cassette subfamily B member 1); ABCB4 (ATP binding cassette subfamily B member 4); and ABCB5 (ATP binding cassette subfamily B member 5).
Sequence connection from [Sheps JA, Baillie DL] [040902 ck1]
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.