avr-15 encodes, via alternative splicing, two glutamate-gated chloride channel subunit homologs; these proteins mediate fast inhibitory glutamatergic neuromuscular transmission, as well as ivermectin sensitivity, and are required for normal pharyngeal function.
Predicted to enable transmitter-gated monoatomic ion channel activity involved in regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential. Predicted to contribute to chloride channel activity. Involved in action potential; locomotion involved in locomotory behavior; and regulation of pharyngeal pumping. Predicted to be located in neuron projection and synapse. Expressed in motor neurons; pharynx; preanal ganglion neurons; somatic nervous system; and in male. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hyperekplexia 2 and syndromic X-linked intellectual disability Pilorge type. Is an ortholog of human GLRA2 (glycine receptor alpha 2); GLRA3 (glycine receptor alpha 3); and GLRB (glycine receptor beta).