C02D5.3 is predicted to encode, by alternative splicing and an internal promoter, three partially non-overlapping putative omega-class glutathione transferases (GST; EC 2.5.1.18) which, like their paralog GSTO-1, might have thiol oxidoreductase and dehydroascorbate reductase activity; other C02D5.3 paralogs include GST-44 and K10F12.4; C02D5.3 has no obvious function in mass RNAi assays.
Predicted to enable glutathione dehydrogenase (ascorbate) activity and glutathione transferase activity. Predicted to be involved in glutathione metabolic process. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Expressed in head; intestine; and tail. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Alzheimer's disease; Parkinson's disease; and asthma. Is an ortholog of human GSTO1 (glutathione S-transferase omega 1) and GSTO2 (glutathione S-transferase omega 2).
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.