tbh-1 encodes a tyramine beta-hydroxylase orthologous to human DBH (OMIM:609312, mutated in dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency); TBH-1 activity is required for biosynthesis of the octopamine neurotransmitter.
Enables tyramine-beta hydroxylase activity. Involved in octopamine biosynthetic process. Located in synapse. Expressed in RICL; RICR; and gonad. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including alcohol use disorder; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; and dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency. Is an ortholog of human DBH (dopamine beta-hydroxylase).
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.