pfd-6 encodes a putative prefoldin 6 subunit, orthologous to human PFDN6 (OMIM:605660), required for normal microtubule growth and distal tip cell migration; PFD-6 is expressed cytoplasmically in most, if not all, tissues, including the germline; in mass RNAi assays, PFD-6 is required for normal mitotic spindle position, embryonic and larval viability, fertility, body shape, vulval development, and locomotion, and for normally rapid growth; pfd-6(RNAi) embryos show a reduced microtubule growth rate.
Predicted to enable protein-folding chaperone binding activity. Predicted to be involved in chaperone-mediated protein complex assembly and protein folding. Located in cytoplasm. Expressed in body wall musculature; hypodermal cell; intestinal cell; and non-striated muscle. Is an ortholog of human PFDN6 (prefoldin subunit 6).
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.