pck-2 is one of three C. elegans genes that encode proteins with similarity to phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK); by similarity, the products of pck-2 are predicted to function in gluconeogenesis.
Predicted to enable manganese ion binding activity and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP) activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including carbohydrate biosynthetic process; cellular response to oxygen-containing compound; and propionate catabolic process. Predicted to be located in cytosol and mitochondrion. Expressed in several structures, including body wall musculature; hypodermis; muscle cell; pharynx; and in male. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Is an ortholog of human PCK1 (phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 1).
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.
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[200811 gw3] Modified Map position as it was a reverse physical that could not be fixed by automated methods. (2.36373)