maa-1 encodes a novel, transmembrane acyl-CoA-binding protein; maa-1 activity, together with that of rme-1, is required for normal rates of endosomal recycling and for proper endosomal shape and morphology; a rescuing MAA-1::GFP fusion protein is expressed in the hypodermis (excluding the seam cells) and the intestine, as well as in an area near the dorsal and ventral nerve cords; within the hypodermis and intestine, MAA-1::GFP localizes to endosomal and Golgi vesicle membranes.
Enables fatty-acyl-CoA binding activity. Involved in endocytic recycling; endosome organization; and multicellular organism reproduction. Located in apical part of cell; basal part of cell; and bounding membrane of organelle. Expressed in hypodermis. Is an ortholog of human ACBD4 (acyl-CoA binding domain containing 4).
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.