str-220 encodes a seven transmembrane chemoreceptor; microarray analyses indicate that str-220 is expressed at higher levels in the AWB olfactory neurons than the AFD thermosensory neurons; anatomical expression studies confirm expression in the AWB neurons; expression of str-220 in AWB is regulated, in part, by the KIN-29 Ser/Thr kinase.
Predicted to enable G protein-coupled olfactory receptor activity. Predicted to be involved in G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway and olfactory behavior. Predicted to be located in membrane. Expressed in AWBL and AWBR.
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.