zip-5 encodes a bZip transcription factor; a zip-5::gfp promoter reporter gene fusion is expressed primarily in the nervous system, with mid- and late-stage embryos showing strong expression in head neurons, while larvae show expression in the ventral nerve cord and head and tail neurons; adults also show GFP expression in head muscles and intermittently in the intestine.
Predicted to enable DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Expressed in head muscle; head neurons; tail neurons; and ventral nerve cord.
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.