jkk-1 encodes a member of the MAP kinase kinase superfamily that affects synaptic vesicle localization and is required in type-D motor neurons for normal locomotion; can function in the Hog1 MAP kinase pathway I in yeast as an activator of JNK and is expressed in most neurons
Enables JUN kinase kinase activity. Involved in hyperosmotic response and locomotion. Located in axon; cytoplasm; and neuronal cell body. Expressed in neurons. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in colon adenocarcinoma; lung adenocarcinoma; and prostate carcinoma in situ. Is an ortholog of human MAP2K7 (mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 7).
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.