ptr-17 encodes a divergent ortholog of Drosophila and human PTCHD3,which defines one of seven paralogous families of sterol sensing domain(SSD) proteins; PTR-17 is required for normal adult alae formation.
Predicted to be involved in endocytosis and molting cycle. Predicted to be located in cytoplasmic vesicle membrane and plasma membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autistic disorder. Is an ortholog of human PTCHD1 (patched domain containing 1).
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.