dlg-1 encodes a MAGUK protein, orthologous to Drosophila Discs large; DLG-1 is physically located at apical adherens junctions in all epithelia and is required for organization of the embryonic gut epithelium into a coherent tube.
Predicted to enable guanylate kinase activity. Involved in embryo development and zonula adherens assembly. Located in adherens junction and apical junction complex. Expressed in several structures, including arcade cell; germ line; intestine; pharyngeal cell; and vulva. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Alzheimer's disease; cervix uteri carcinoma in situ; intellectual disability (multiple); and invasive ductal carcinoma. Is an ortholog of human DLG1 (discs large MAGUK scaffold protein 1); DLG3 (discs large MAGUK scaffold protein 3); and DLG4 (discs large MAGUK scaffold protein 4).
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.