nlp-30 encodes five predicted neuropeptide-like proteins; in C. elegans, nlp-30 is part of the YGGWamide neuropeptide family that also contains nlp-24, nlp-25, and nlp-27-32; nlp-30 is expressed in the hypodermis, suggesting that the peptides it encodes may have a non-neuronal function; as loss of nlp-30 activity via large-scale RNAi screens does not result in any obvious abnormalities, the precise role of the nlp-30-encoded peptides in development and/or behavior is not yet known.
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.