sax-2 encodes a conserved protein that contains HEAT/Armadillo repeats and is related to Drosophila furry; sax-2 activity is required for maintaining normal neuronal morphology, particularly proper neurite outgrowth and termination; sax-2 activity is also required for normal male mating behavior and gonad morphogenesis in both sexes; a sax-2 reporter gene fusion indicates that sax-2 is expressed in head, tail, and ventral cord neurons.
Involved in neuron projection development. Predicted to be located in cell cortex and site of polarized growth. Expressed in head neurons; tail neurons; and ventral nerve cord. Is an ortholog of human FRY (FRY microtubule binding protein) and FRYL (FRY like transcription coactivator).