nmt-1 encodes an N-myristoyl transferase; by homology, NMT-1 is predicted to catalyze the cotranslational attachment of myristate from CoA to the N-terminal glycine residue of proteins; in C. elegans, nmt-1 is widely expressed and required for a number of diverse processes, including development, locomotion, and apoptosis.
Predicted to enable glycylpeptide N-tetradecanoyltransferase activity. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Used to study muscular disease. Is an ortholog of human NMT1 (N-myristoyltransferase 1) and NMT2 (N-myristoyltransferase 2).
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.