glc-1 encodes the alpha subunit of a glutamate-gated chloride channel and forms a functional channel in Xenopus oocytes; mutations genetically interact with avr-14 and avr-15 mutations such that triple mutants exhibit high level resistance to ivermectin.
Enables extracellularly glutamate-gated chloride channel activity; glutamate binding activity; and identical protein binding activity. Involved in chloride transmembrane transport; locomotion involved in locomotory behavior; and protein complex oligomerization. Located in plasma membrane. Expressed in body wall musculature; head neurons; and pharyngeal muscle cell. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hyperekplexia 1; hyperekplexia 2; and syndromic X-linked intellectual disability Pilorge type. Is an ortholog of human GLRA2 (glycine receptor alpha 2) and GLRA3 (glycine receptor alpha 3).
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.