tatn-1 encodes a putative tyrosine aminotransferase, orthologous to human TAT (OMIM:276600, mutated in type II tyrosinemia); tatn-1 is expressed in larval and adult pharynx, hypodermis, body wall muscle, and intestine, and in adult vulval muscle and reproductive system; tatn-1 is required for the tyrosinemic phenotype of fah-1(RNAi) animals.
Predicted to enable L-tyrosine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase activity. Involved in dauer entry. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in tyrosinemia type II. Is an ortholog of human TAT (tyrosine aminotransferase).
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.