cct-5 encodes, by alternative splicing, two isoforms of a putative epsilon subunit of the eukaryotic cytosolic ('T complex') chaperonin, orthologous to human CCT5 (OMIM:610150, mutated in sensory neuropathy with spastic paraplegia); CCT-5 represses SKN-1-dependent transcription of gst-4; in mass RNAi assays, cct-5 is required for normal embryonic osmotic integrity, transgene subcellular localization, viability (throughout the life cycle), fertility, vulval development, and locomotion.
Predicted to enable unfolded protein binding activity. Predicted to be involved in protein folding. Part of chaperonin-containing T-complex. Is an ortholog of human CCT5 (chaperonin containing TCP1 subunit 5).
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.