mlc-3 encodes an essential myosin light chain; large-scale RNAi screens indicate that mlc-3 activity is required for both embryonic and postembryonic development, as well as for normal locomotion and egg laying.
Predicted to enable calcium ion binding activity. Located in striated muscle myosin thick filament. Expressed in head neurons; nervous system; tail neurons; and ventral nerve cord. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 8. Is an ortholog of human MYL3 (myosin light chain 3) and MYL6B (myosin light chain 6B).
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.