hex-1 encodes a beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase that is orthologous to the human gene CERVICAL CANCER PROTO-ONCOGENE 7 (HEXB; OMIM:606873), which when mutated leads to disease.
Enables beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase activity. Involved in carbohydrate metabolic process. Predicted to be located in lysosome and membrane. Expressed in coelomocyte and pharyngeal neurons. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Sandhoff disease; Tay-Sachs disease; and spinal muscular atrophy. Is an ortholog of human HEXA (hexosaminidase subunit alpha) and HEXB (hexosaminidase subunit beta).
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.