clh-2 encodes a chloride channel protein that is required for embryonic viability; may have two transcripts transcribed from alternative promoters, and the two transcripts might be expressed in different cell types.
Predicted to enable voltage-gated chloride channel activity. Predicted to be involved in chloride transport. Predicted to be located in plasma membrane. Expressed in several structures, including ganglia; intestine; pharyngeal-intestinal valve; somatic nervous system; and vulval muscle. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Thomsen disease; idiopathic generalized epilepsy 11; and primary hyperaldosteronism. Is an ortholog of human CLCN1 (chloride voltage-gated channel 1) and CLCN2 (chloride voltage-gated channel 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.