gpa-6 encodes a member of the G protein alpha subunit family of heterotrimeric GTPases that affects response to water-soluble odorants; it is expressed in AWA amphid neurons, the PHB sensory cell, and (at low levels) in ASI amphid neurons.
Predicted to enable G protein-coupled receptor binding activity; G-protein beta/gamma-subunit complex binding activity; and GTPase activity. Predicted to be involved in adenylate cyclase-modulating G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway. Located in axon and neuronal cell body. Expressed in ciliated neurons and head mesodermal cell.
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.