cnc-4 encodes one of eleven C. elegans caenacin peptides; cnc-4 expression is strongly induced after infection by the fungus Drechmeria coniospora, suggesting that it functions as a secreted antimicrobial peptide in the innate immune response.
Involved in defense response to fungus and innate immune response. Predicted to be located in membrane. Expressed in hypodermis; intestine; and seam cell.
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.