cul-5 encodes a cullin, orthologous to vasopressin-activated calcium-mobilizing receptor-1 in mammals, that is thought to regulate the cell cycle by virtue of its paralogy to cul-1 and cul-2; however, CUL-5 is dispensable for viability and gross morphology in mass RNAi screens, and does not appear to interact with any of 17 Skp1-related proteins (SKR-1 through SKR-21).
Predicted to enable protein-macromolecule adaptor activity and ubiquitin protein ligase binding activity. Predicted to be involved in SCF-dependent proteasomal ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process and protein ubiquitination. Predicted to be part of Cul5-RING ubiquitin ligase complex and SCF ubiquitin ligase complex. Expressed in several structures, including head; intestine; nervous system; tail; and vulval muscle. Is an ortholog of human CUL5 (cullin 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.